What does the word disinterested mean?
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DISINTERESTEDNESS.
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DISINTERESTEDLY.
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Unselfish; impartial.
Part of speech: noun
Part of speech: adverb
Part of speech: adjective
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Usage examples for disinterested
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As a matter of fact the proprietor of the Star was not entirely disinterested in his kindness. – One Woman's Life by Robert Herrick
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I really felt quite sorry when I said good- bye to so many gentlemen from whom I had received so much disinterested kindness. – Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 by Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle
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The person who was most thoroughly convinced that Janet's grief was deep and real, was Mr. Pilgrim, who in general was not at all weakly given to a belief in disinterested feeling. – Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot