"It's not out of laziness or disinterest that we do not work faster." "But?"
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Disinterest
Synonyms for "disinterest" (148 found)
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Related words (74)
lethargylistlessnessloftinessmindlessnessmodestynegligenceneutralitynonchalancenumbnessobjectivityoff handednessolympian detachmentpassivenesspassivityphlegmphlegmaticalnessphlegmaticnessplucklessnesspococurantismput off
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quenchrecklessnessregardlessnessrepelresignationresignednesssacrificeself-abasementself-abnegationself-denialself-devotionself-effacementself-forgetfulnessself-immolationself-neglectself-neglectfulnessself-renouncementself-sacrificeself-subjectionselflessnessslothsluggishnesssoporsoporifousnessspiritlessnessspunklessnessstoliditystupefactionstuporsupinenesstorpiditytorpidnesstorporturn asideturn awayturn fromturn offunacquisitivenessunanxiousnessunbiasunbiasednessunconcernuninquisitivenessuninterestednessunmindfulnessunpossessivenessunselfishnessunsolicitousnessweanwean fromwithdrawalwithdrawnness
Noun(2 words)
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7 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- desinterès noun (a lack of interest)
- desinteressar verb (to render disinterested)
Dutch
1 entries- desinteresse noun (a lack of interest)
Esperanto
1 entries- malemo noun (a lack of interest)
Finnish
3 entries- kiinnostumattomuus noun (a lack of interest)
- välinpitämättömyys noun (a lack of interest)
- saada välinpitämättömäksi verb (to render disinterested)
French
1 entries- désintérêt noun (a lack of interest)
German
1 entries- Desinteresse noun (a lack of interest)
Hungarian
3 entries- közömbösség noun (a lack of interest)
- közöny noun (a lack of interest)
- érdektelenség noun (a lack of interest)
Irish
1 entries- neamhshuim noun (a lack of interest)
Māori
1 entries- arokore noun (a lack of interest)
Occitan
1 entries- desinterès noun (a lack of interest)
Polish
1 entries- brak zainteresowania noun (a lack of interest)
Portuguese
1 entries- desinteressar verb (to render disinterested)
Romanian
1 entries- dezinteres noun (a lack of interest)
Spanish
1 entries- desinterés noun (a lack of interest)
Swedish
1 entries- ointresse noun (a lack of interest)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
He chided Maria for her disinterest in anything that is not her own idea.
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She eyed him over her martini with cool disinterest.
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[…] there was no neighbourliness, worth the word, between what the postmistress called ‘our old people’ and ‘that new set’. Polite calls paid by the former on the latter were as politely returned; but at that it ended. The gulf of mutual disinterest was unbridged.
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