disinterested
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It relied on Dreyer’s ostensibly disinterested advice, which was backed by powerful superior officers with whom he had ingratiated himself, even though a majority of expert gunnery officers unequivocally opposed it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Albert recalled how there were training sessions when Asprilla was disinterested and "with us without being with us".
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
“They might not have the right skills, they might not have the physical strength and stamina. They might not be able to or they might be really disinterested in that kind of work.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025
Impressed by the peptide on the ingredient list, she asked the team about what it promised to do—but they seemed disinterested in discussing it, she recalls.
From Slate • May 4, 2025
They were old enough to be irritable when and where they chose, tired enough to look forward to death, disinterested enough to accept the idea of pain while ignoring the presence of pain.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing disinterested
The Bluest Eye
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Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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Commonly Confused Words, List 3
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