disinterest

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Recent Examples of disinterest 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 Upon returning from a commercial break on Thursday morning, the Oscar-winning Ghost actress and Sister Act star expressed her apparent disinterest in discussing the reality dating show, which also airs on The View's parent network ABC. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025 Instead, public disinterest might stem from where frogs tend to live. Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025 Most recently, the Michigan Senate passed legislation in January to expand FOIA to the governor's office and Legislature, but House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, has expressed disinterest in advancing those bills. Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disinterest
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Noun
  • Mulino has said that Panama will maintain the canal's neutrality.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And its politics and relations with Hamas reveal that UNRWA lost irretrievably its grounding in humanitarian neutrality and non-discrimination.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Denholm has repeatedly denied that her objectivity has been clouded by the wealth she’s made selling Tesla stock over the years.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Linda is the main character, but there’s very little objectivity from her.
    Vogue, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 23 Oct. 2025.

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