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
Akon’s combination of ambition and disinterest in governance is remarkably common.
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Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025
The unconventional choice hints at the director’s disinterest in a tidy search-and-rescue, and the relief that comes with it.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
The current court has shown a near-complete disinterest in respecting precedent and has issued a string of decisions that severely limit the EPA.
—ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
Trump, back in the White House for six months, is increasingly frustrated with Putin’s apparent disinterest in peace.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
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Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025
The unconventional choice hints at the director’s disinterest in a tidy search-and-rescue, and the relief that comes with it.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
The current court has shown a near-complete disinterest in respecting precedent and has issued a string of decisions that severely limit the EPA.
—ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
Trump, back in the White House for six months, is increasingly frustrated with Putin’s apparent disinterest in peace.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for disinterest
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinterest
Noun
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Like the Michelin Guide, the reporters showed up to each restaurant unannounced and paid for each meal to ensure neutrality.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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That’s because Scale’s tie-up with Meta means many of the big AI labs, worried about a loss of neutrality, no longer want to work with them, the founders argue.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For each of these men—and the broader medical and public-health community that supported the eugenics movement—the veneer of data objectivity helped transform prejudice into policy.—
Craig Spencer,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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Instead one was woken into an eternal godlike vigilance, as though the experience of objectification had in the end borne the fruit of objectivity.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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