uninterested
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈɪntrəstɪd/
:
desinteresado
- The teacher noticed that most of the students seemed uninterested in the lecture about history.
- seems uninterested
- remained uninterested
- appears uninterested
And that has become not a huge issue, but an issue enough that I am uninterested in overdoing the concealer.
- And that has become not a huge issue, but an issue enough that I am uninterested in overdoing the concealer.
- Quick list, Robert, what are the anti seducer qualities that quickly make people uninterested?
- It was, you know, it's just being with another creature that another form of life that is uninterested in you.
- OK, they would still be here, but they would be here uninterested in US.
Examples
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Her marriage was over, and for a while she was celibate, uninterested in starting up anything new.
Fiction book (2000) -
The bad news is that your daughter seems totally uninterested in the program.
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I find myself uninterested in any other woman.
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But I was uninterested in all of it.
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I am so uninterested in a life without your father.
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Or at least, if she were honest, she was clearly uninterested in any change in his life.
Fiction book (2000) -
No wonder she had been so absorbed, so distracted, so uninterested in the daily course of her life.
Fiction book (1998) -
Teachers who, as students, were uninterested in history often failed to attain sufficient historical knowledge.
Academic text (1997) -
The tribunal said that the employer had been "wholly uninterested in exploring that sensitive but important issue."
Academic text (2015) -
Although the majority of citizens remain politically passive and uninterested, political participation is growing in Hong Kong.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
46
4.4
Not interested or showing no strong feeling about something
24
6.8
Not showing much interest or energy
16
3.9
Not worried or showing little interest
8
4.4
Not feeling interest or energy to do something
4
3.9
Not showing much interest or excitement
1
4.7
Not involved or interested in something and not paying attention
1
4.4
Not showing emotion about what happens
1
5.3
Not showing excitement or interest
Not wanting something or feeling no wish for it
A person or thing that is not curious and does not ask questions
Not curious about learning or asking questions
Not having a personal connection or strong feeling about something
Not feeling interested or excited to do things
Antonyms
How Interested
Surface Forms
Morphology
uninterested = interested (transparent) = un + interest + ed
Meaning is a direct negation: 'un-' + 'interested' = not showing interest.
Etymology
Uninterested is made of un- meaning 'not' and interest meaning 'wanting to know or care'. Think of interest as a small 'hook' that grabs your attention, so uninterested is 'without that hook' and means 'not caring' or 'not wanting to be involved'.