Disinterested
[dɪs'ɪnt(ə)rɪstɪd] or [dɪs'ɪntərɪsɪd]
Definition
(a.) Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Unbiassed, impartial, indifferent.[2]. Generous, unselfish, liberal, magnanimous, high-minded.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See INTERESTED_and_SELFISH]
Typist: Nora
Definition
adj. not interested or influenced by private feelings or considerations: impartial: unselfish generous.—adv. Disin′terestedly.—n. Disin′terestedness.—adj. Disin′teresting (obs.) not interesting.
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Examples
- I am so much attached to you that I may confide in you, my dear, as a third party wholly disinterested, that he is fickleness itself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was not that she wanted them to be more disinterested; but she would have liked them to be more picturesque. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Now, his devotion to you must be a disinterested one; mustn't it? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I could not help expressing something of my wonder and regret that his benevolent, disinterested intentions had prospered so little. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was largely in the interest of their practical uses that the Roman regar ded both plants and animals; his chief motive was not a disinterested love of truth. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But he is really a disinterested, unworldly fellow, said Mr. Farebrother, smiling. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Through the beaming smile with which he regarded me as he reasoned thus, there now broke forth a look of disinterested benevolence quite astonishing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She appears to regard their number and value as evidence of the disinterested affection of the contracting parties. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I am quite disinterested. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I wish those motives to be always as disinterested as they are at the present moment---- He tried to interpose and explain. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The reasonableness of the arguments of these disinterested French officers commenced to convince her against her will. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- What follows has another (and I hope more disinterested) purpose. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Well, 'a was not new, Mr. Fairway replied, with a disinterested gaze. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- For I am generally disinterested in my love, and think I could be content to make a figure before Miss Larkins, and expire. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- For her own sake,' repeated Bradley, warming, 'and for her brother's, and as a perfectly disinterested person. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But he really is disinterested, and above small jealousy and spite, I have heard? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He forgets nothing that is disinterested and good. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Caroline, what a noble fellow your Robert is--great, good, disinterested, and then so pure! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But not being able to secure her as a wife, the disinterested Fred quite approved of her as a sister-in-law. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His is merely disinterested knowledge, according to Nietzsche. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- His choice is disinterested at least, for he must know my father can give her nothing. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But he had a chivalrous nature (was not the disinterested service of woman among the ideal glories of old chivalry? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Miss Crawford's countenance, as Julia spoke, might have amused a disinterested observer. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But you don't understand her; she is far too disinterested to care for my gifts, and too simple-minded to know their value. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Not so disinterested either, my dear, if you mean to extol me for that virtue, since if you were generally on the road, you could be seldom with me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Here's a perfectly disinterested person, Lizzie dear,' said the knowing Miss Wren, 'come to talk with you, for your own sake and your brother's. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If the dead could know, or do know, how the living use them, who among the hosts of dead has found a more disinterested fidelity on earth than I? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was the most disinterested of men,--did everything for Society, and got as little for himself out of all his gain and care, as a man might. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr. Woodcourt is his disinterested friend, I answered. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He carried his disinterested civility further; and, from some quarter, procured me a chair. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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