Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a disinterested manner; unselfishly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
disinterested manner;impartially ,dispassionately .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without bias; without selfish motives
Etymologies
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Examples
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"And I advise you" -- Mr. Pyeburt paused, as he thought of a better word than "disinterestedly" -- "as a friend, to jump at it.
Bones in London Edgar Wallace 1903
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Whenever they were in a spot the military helped them in working out a quick fix while the nation looked on disinterestedly.
Sobia Ali: Voices of Pakistan: Why do Pakistanis Have Such Mixed Opinions About America? Sobia Ali 2011
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Why, if a consumer wants a mindless Friday night of commercial movie purposefully playing my own game of "Film or Movie?" for a moment fun, does he have to click disinterestedly through the listings on Fandango sometimes several weeks in a row because there's nothing appealing to an audience outside of the diversity of hormonal teenage boys or vampire mania?
Ashley Wren Collins: Seeking Cinematic Sustenance in a Saturated World Ashley Wren Collins 2011
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Why, if a consumer wants a mindless Friday night of commercial movie purposefully playing my own game of "Film or Movie?" for a moment fun, does he have to click disinterestedly through the listings on Fandango sometimes several weeks in a row because there's nothing appealing to an audience outside of the diversity of hormonal teenage boys or vampire mania?
Ashley Wren Collins: Seeking Cinematic Sustenance in a Saturated World Ashley Wren Collins 2011
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Why, if a consumer wants a mindless Friday night of commercial movie purposefully playing my own game of "Film or Movie?" for a moment fun, does he have to click disinterestedly through the listings on Fandango sometimes several weeks in a row because there's nothing appealing to an audience outside of the diversity of hormonal teenage boys or vampire mania?
Ashley Wren Collins: Seeking Cinematic Sustenance in a Saturated World Ashley Wren Collins 2011
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Whenever they were in a spot the military helped them in working out a quick fix while the nation looked on disinterestedly.
Sobia Ali: Voices of Pakistan: Why do Pakistanis Have Such Mixed Opinions About America? Sobia Ali 2011
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Jim gave the man the code; he nodded disinterestedly and gave them a thumbs-up.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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Why, if a consumer wants a mindless Friday night of commercial movie purposefully playing my own game of "Film or Movie?" for a moment fun, does he have to click disinterestedly through the listings on Fandango sometimes several weeks in a row because there's nothing appealing to an audience outside of the diversity of hormonal teenage boys or vampire mania?
Ashley Wren Collins: Seeking Cinematic Sustenance in a Saturated World Ashley Wren Collins 2011
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Whenever they were in a spot the military helped them in working out a quick fix while the nation looked on disinterestedly.
Sobia Ali: Voices of Pakistan: Why do Pakistanis Have Such Mixed Opinions About America? Sobia Ali 2011
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Why, if a consumer wants a mindless Friday night of commercial movie purposefully playing my own game of "Film or Movie?" for a moment fun, does he have to click disinterestedly through the listings on Fandango sometimes several weeks in a row because there's nothing appealing to an audience outside of the diversity of hormonal teenage boys or vampire mania?
Ashley Wren Collins: Seeking Cinematic Sustenance in a Saturated World Ashley Wren Collins 2011
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