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
Berling’s Henri, especially, suffers from the film’s disinterest in anyone aside from its central figure; a key scene between him and Gabrielle lays out their history in clumsy expository snippets.
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Jon Frosch,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
The No Good Deed star revealed to TIME in 2019 that Anna's disinterest in fame has been the secret to their success.
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Rachel Flynn,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
Daniel Remler, who led AI policy at the State Department during the Biden administration and took part in the Geneva talks, cast doubt on Chinese claims of disinterest in AGI and ignorance of its risks.
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Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
Salieri goes from hating Mozart from afar to interacting with him constantly, and Mozart from an innocent turning to Salieri for advice to a more socially attuned figure immediately aware of Salieri’s disinterest in creative solidarity.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Jon Frosch,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
The No Good Deed star revealed to TIME in 2019 that Anna's disinterest in fame has been the secret to their success.
—
Rachel Flynn,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
Daniel Remler, who led AI policy at the State Department during the Biden administration and took part in the Geneva talks, cast doubt on Chinese claims of disinterest in AGI and ignorance of its risks.
—
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
Salieri goes from hating Mozart from afar to interacting with him constantly, and Mozart from an innocent turning to Salieri for advice to a more socially attuned figure immediately aware of Salieri’s disinterest in creative solidarity.
—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinterest
Noun
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In spite of their original values of humanitarianism and neutrality, these organizations have been morally debased from within, using the language of human rights and international justice yet deploying it on behalf of autocracies and against the liberal democracies that created them.
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The task is not to lower the standards of evidence, but to ask why the old standards were so often mistaken for neutrality.
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Slot, as head coach, was more of a middle manager; someone who acted with the objectivity of a civil servant and the occasional bluntness of a corrections officer.
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This is a common mistake born from our natural lack of objectivity about ourselves, and those at the C-suite and board levels are not immune.
Noun
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Scholl was a walking catalogue who brought his journalistic objectiveness to preservation, Matuszewicz said.
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“Disinterest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinterest. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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