disinterest

Examples

• All

• The teacher noticed a growing disinterest in the students during the lectures on history.

• In some cases, however, hints of opposition, criticism, and disinterest from the audience emerge.

  Academic text (2005)

• So this is the state of youth today, complete disinterest?

  An Ordinary Man (2017)

• Why do I have to learn this? This results in disinterest in the task at hand.

  Academic text (2010)

• As they become older, they tend to lose friends and often face the disinterest of others regarding their issues.

  Academic text (2010)

• Their disinterest in the subject felt like an attack on my dignity.

  Academic text (2016)

• Students' comments reveal their displeasure and disinterest in the traditional curriculum offered in their schools and gifted programs.

  Academic text (1996)

• So it is true that there has been a widespread self-proclaimed disinterest among young people about politics in Turkey.

• I rarely spoke of these gatherings to you because your disinterest in them was apparent and understandable.

  Fiction book (1995)

• His avuncular presence masks a savvy legal mind, and his somewhat rumpled appearance indicates a disinterest in pretense.

  Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

I

indifference

vsdisinterest

71 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

is the same absence of interest described as a state

R

reluctance

vsdisinterest

68 3.6

A feeling of not wanting to do something or showing little interest

means lacking interest rather than simply hesitating to act

D

disregard

vsdisinterest

61 4.2

Not paying attention to something on purpose

denotes absence of interest rather than an intentional act to ignore

A

apathy

vsdisinterest

43 6.2

A lack of interest or care about things

focuses on absence of interest rather than emotional dullness

D

disinclination

vsdisinterest

• Formal

2 8.0

A feeling of not wanting to do something

describes lack of interest or concern, not refusal to act

U

unconcern

vsdisinterest

1 6.1

A state of not feeling worried or interested about something

expresses lack of interest rather than just absence of worry

I

indifferentism

vsdisinterest

9.9

A lack of interest in things, even important ones

refers to the simple state of not being interested rather than ideology

Antonyms

C

concern

∞ 1.5

A feeling of worry about people or things you care about

How Interested

curiosity

318 2.2

interest

∞ 1.0

disinterest

5 5.8

indifference

71 4.6

apathy

43 6.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology