high-interest
- adjective
- /haɪ ˈɪntrəst/
- Other professions have made the most of the high interest in minorities by actively recruiting, using incentives, and offering better working conditions (Henniger, 1989).
Examples
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Tourism Tropical North Queensland chief executive Rob Giason said the eclipse had brought many tourists, with high interest from Japan, the United States, and Britain.
Blog text (28) -
For anyone interested in food and cooking, this development is of high interest.
Academic text (1991) -
The user group expressed high interest in CHI education before the program, and it grew even higher afterward.
Academic text (2012) -
But making high-interest books readily accessible to children makes good sense.
Academic text (1998) -
The grant proposal focused on the need to increase student motivation for physical activity by incorporating high-interest cooperative activities into the elementary and middle school PE curriculum.
Academic text (2012) -
Collectively, we had researched high-interest fiction as well as nonfiction texts matched to grade-level standards, all of which were written below grade level and which we thought Hope and other students would consider fun and easy.
Academic text (2012) -
The documentary about climate change has generated high interest among viewers across various age groups.
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The new smartphone with innovative features has sparked high interest in the tech community.
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After the shocking news, there was high interest from media outlets seeking interviews with the witnesses.
Synonyms
A job or position that gets a lot of public attention
Antonyms
How Interesting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The phrase high-interest comes from high and interest, but here interest means 'attention' or 'curiosity' and high means 'great'. So a high-interest story is one that gets a lot of attention.