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disinterested (dis IN tri stid) (adjective), more disinterested, most disinterested
1. Having no concern regarding a result: Since the judge stands to profit from the sale of the company, he can't be considered a disinterested person in this legal dispute.
Despite critical disapproval, disinterested has come to be widely used by many educated writers to mean "uninterested" or "having lost interest".
2. Etymology: from Latin dis-, "not, without" + interested, "it matters"; frominteresse, literally, "to be in the middle", from esse, "to be".
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“most disinterested”
disinterested (dis IN tri stid, dis IN tuh res" tid) (adjective), more disinterested, most disinterested
Referring to being free of bias and self-interest; impartial.
In traditional usage, disinterested can only mean "having no stake in an outcome": Since the judge stands to profit from the sale of the company, he can't be considered a disinterested party in this legal dispute.
Despite critical disapproval, disinterested has come to be widely used by many educated writers to mean "uninterested" or "having lost interest".
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