ˌən-ˈin-t(ə-)rə-stəd
as in nonchalant
having or showing a lack of interest or concern
the teacher decided to make a career change after having to teach yet another class of uninterested teens
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Recent Examples of uninterested
The biggest reason the internet appears bored and uninterested with the Samsung Galaxy S25 range can be attributed to the maturation and plateauing of the smartphone market.
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Callum Booth, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
One striking insight emerged from these talks: the main reason for Beijing’s seeming unwillingness to build a trilateral coalition with Russia and North Korea is that such an arrangement would call for strategic leadership by China, and Beijing is decidedly uninterested in such a prospect.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025
The experience left him disheartened and uninterested in working on the project altogether.
—Brent N. Reed, Steven G. Rogelberg, Harvard Business Review, 12 Feb. 2025
Most of Trump’s health picks are uninterested in using most of the tools that can limit the spread of infectious disease.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
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Callum Booth, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
One striking insight emerged from these talks: the main reason for Beijing’s seeming unwillingness to build a trilateral coalition with Russia and North Korea is that such an arrangement would call for strategic leadership by China, and Beijing is decidedly uninterested in such a prospect.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025
The experience left him disheartened and uninterested in working on the project altogether.
—Brent N. Reed, Steven G. Rogelberg, Harvard Business Review, 12 Feb. 2025
Most of Trump’s health picks are uninterested in using most of the tools that can limit the spread of infectious disease.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninterested
Adjective
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Ray fluctuates more, is nonchalant about a few things, which drives me nuts.—
Bobby Narang,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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At the meeting, Hanes seemed oddly nonchalant, exuding the air of an overconfident salesman.—
David Yaffe-Bellany,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Network executives might complain, and casual viewers may go to bed, but these are not the factors that determine the Oscars’ success — in the here and now, or in the long term.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
3 Mar. 2025
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Even far more casual runners, cyclists, and gym-goers—anyone who’s active—can underfuel too, McConville says.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The 5-0 shelling of the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday moved the Rangers to 7-1-3 in January and within 2 points of a wild-card spot and further away from that 19-game run of awful, disinterested play in November and December.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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It’s used only once, when her aunt speaks the name into a cell phone to a disinterested third party.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Uninterested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninterested. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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