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Disinterest   /dɪsˈɪntərəst/   Listen
noun
Disinterest  n.  
1.
What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. (Obs.)
2.
Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. (Obs.)


verb
Disinterest  v. t.  To divest of interest or interested motives. (Obs.)


adjective
Disinterest  adj.  Disinterested. (Obs.) "The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even."





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"Disinterest" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Germany and Austria, which Powers pretended to disinterest themselves from the Egyptian question, and opened to France in Africa a chance of compensation for the loss of Alsace, helped to keep Mancini and Depretis, tied also by party connections to the French democracy, in the absurd idea that Italy could keep herself ...
— The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke V1 • Stephen Gwynn
... unsolicited comments of one kind or another. A large percentage of them showed evidence of interest such as: "the nuts are large and easy to crack," "where can I get more grafted trees?" Only 7 percent implied disinterest: "the trees are slow growing," "the ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting • Northern Nut Growers Association


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