disinterested
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- unaffected by self-interest
Adj
- Having no stake or interest in the outcome, and no conflicts of interest; free of bias, impartial.
- Uninterested, lacking interest.
Origin / Etymology
Corruption of the adjective disinterest/disinteressed. The sense of lacking interest is likely from dis- + interested.
Synonyms
adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, candid, clinical, cold, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, dull, egal, enervated, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair-minded, fairhanded, gallionic, halfhearted, heartless, impartial, impassive, imprejudicate, incurious, indifferent, indistinguishing, ineffervescible, insensible, insouciant, jaded, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, Laodicean, lethargic, listless, lotophagous, lukewarm, mopey, neuter, neutral, nonaligned, nonchalant, nonpartial, nonpartisan, nonpersonal, nonplussed, objective, phlegmatic, pococurante, shiftless, spiritless, supine, tepid, torpedinous, torpid, unaroused, unbiased, unbigoted, uncaring, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unimpressible, uninterested, unlively, unmoved, unpartial, unpartisan, unprejudiced, unprepossessed, untouched, unzealous, world-weary
Antonyms
biased, curious, fascinated, interested, partisan, prejudiced
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