as in neutrality
lack of favoritism toward one side or another
since the coach has a son on the team, his disinterest in the selection of a team captain cannot be assumed
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Recent Examples of disinterest
One reason for audience disinterest is that Evil AI villains have already been around for decades.
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Each pang of anxiety over my son’s disinterest is tempered by that memory.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
The necessary compensation, Atlanta’s disinterest in moving him and the amount of money the Bengals would need to take on with Cousins’ salary make this an unlikely scenario, even though Cousins would be the best football alternative.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Polling for The Guardian again recorded a popularity crisis for the royals in 2000, but as Newsweek has shown before, it was largely fueled by disinterest rather than actual republican sentiment.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Each pang of anxiety over my son’s disinterest is tempered by that memory.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
The necessary compensation, Atlanta’s disinterest in moving him and the amount of money the Bengals would need to take on with Cousins’ salary make this an unlikely scenario, even though Cousins would be the best football alternative.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Polling for The Guardian again recorded a popularity crisis for the royals in 2000, but as Newsweek has shown before, it was largely fueled by disinterest rather than actual republican sentiment.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinterest
Noun
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Second-life batteries offer potential for circular economy Jeff Renaud, CEO of Relectrify, highlighted that the project demonstrates how Australian innovation can play a leading role in the global shift toward carbon neutrality and the circular economy.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Dec. 2025
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Shipping lanes suffered, neutrality became meaningless, and actual fishing vessels became sitting ducks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Dec. 2025
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The administrative investigation was later assigned to an independent third investigator to ensure independence and objectivity, said O’Grodnick.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Iran thus has every right to demand that the IAEA be diligent in observing its own procedures and codes of conduct on impartiality, objectivity, confidentiality, and sensitivity to national security concerns in exchange for continued cooperation.—
Mohammad Javad Zarif,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Dec. 2025
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India, an avatar of forceful neutralism early on, saw its influence diminished by regional conflict and domestic troubles.—
Erez Manela,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Dec. 2021
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Globalizing impulses helped bring about a flourishing of neutralism.—
Leo Robson,
The New Yorker,
5 Dec. 2016
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“Disinterest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinterest. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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