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Having no interest or stake in the outcome, and no conflicts of interest; free of bias, impartial.
- [E]very one pretended to Right and Liberty, and to publick Good, and made loud Noiſes of their unbiaſs'd Juſtice, diſintereſted Actings, and vaſt Moderation, and yet vvere all fighting and ſnarling for Dominion over one another.
- Sir, you have a right to that kind of respect, and are arguing for yourself. I am for ſupporting the principle, and am diſintereſted in doing it, as I have no ſuch right.
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Synonym of uninterested (“not interested; not concerned; indifferent”).oftenproscribed
- [I]f there be caſes, vvherein the party is diſ-intereſted, and only or primarily the glory of God is reſpected and advanced, it [suicide] may be lavvfull.
- Robin took to wandering again, to intermittent travel from which she came back hours, days later, disinterested.
disinterested
dis'intristid6 senses · 51 ms
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simple past and past participle of disinterestform-ofparticiplepast