English

Noun

disinterest ‎(uncountable)

1. (obsolete) What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [17th-19th c.]

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Glanvill to this entry?)

2. The absence of bias; impartiality. [from 17th c.]
   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 125:

     He maintained a posture of scrupulous disinterest in Balkan affairs […].

3. A lack of interest; indifference, apathy. [from 19th c.]

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Verb

disinterest ‎(third-person singular simple present disinterests, present participle disinteresting, simple past and past participle disinterested)

1. (transitive) To render disinterested.

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Adjective

disinterest ‎(comparative more disinterest, superlative most disinterest)

1. (obsolete) disinterested
   • Jeremy Taylor

     The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even.

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• dentistries