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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".
This entry is located in the following units: dis-, di-, dif- (page 17) esse, sent-, terest- (page 1)
disinterested, uninterested
disinterested (dis IN trist id) (adjective)
Unbiased, impartial, unprejudiced; not personally involved; not influenced by personal feelings, opinions, or concerns: A disinterested third party mediated the dispute in a disinterested pursuit of the truth.

We need a disinterested party to settle the argument.

A judge must be disinterested in the cases he or she tries if a fair outcome is to be achieved.

uninterested (un IN trist id) (adjective)
Bored, indifferent, lacking interest; not wanting to learn more about something nor to become involved in certain things: Dolly was obviously uninterested in Chase's discussion of vocabulary.

Emil said he likes music but that he is uninterested in doing any art work.

Vincent is afraid he is uninterested in the new novel that tells the tale of the seemingly disinterested person who served on the jury, but who was really a spy for the prosecution who was determined to get a conviction.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group D; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 5)
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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".

This entry is located in the following unit: Misleading Meanings of English Words (page 1)