uninterest

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noun

Lack of interest; indifference.

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Meanings

noununinterest (usually uncountable, plural uninterests)

plural uninterests

  1. uncountableusuallyLack of interest; indifference.

    Not many general topics appealed to Sophie, and the question of Wales or being Welsh stood high in her uninterests.

    1986, Kingsley Amis, The Old Devils, page 49
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    'Yeah,' said my delightful inquisitor, with an attempt at casual indifference or uninterest that to the tutored eye only revealed all the more starkly her rising excitement […]

    1997, John Lanchester, The Debt to Pleasure

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
disinterest

Origin

From un- + interest.

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APA

uninterest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninterest

MLA

“uninterest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninterest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninterest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninterest.

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