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Meanings of disinterested in English

Disinterested.

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          Usage of disinterested in English
          1
          The Belfast Agreement is very clear on the idea of disinterested government.
          The Irish Times
          2
          See, all along I've been at this case as a disinterested observer.
          Spiral
          3
          Next time I will be careful, he said with a disinterested air.
          Reuters
          4
          He struck me as quite disinterested; personal gain is nothing to him.
          The Crown of Life
          5
          The surveyor was really the only disinterested witness between the two parties.
          The Three Partners
          6
          Assuredly the most disinterested man cannot refuse to accept a china figure.
          Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry / With Minute Details of Her En...
          7
          She was not selfish; she was all that was disinterested and kind.
          Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
          8
          He was the most disinterested man I ever knew in public life.
          Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
          9
          He reasoned all ideas of a disinterested action out of my mind.
          The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
          10
          The selection of disinterested judges for each class slightly delayed the commencement.
          A Texas Matchmaker
          11
          At times he seemed distant and disinterested, speaking in bland technocratic assertions.
          Reuters
          12
          She believes my friendship for her to be absolutely simple and disinterested.
          Greatheart
          13
          Julie seemed focused on a destination and disinterested in other foot traffic.
          Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
          14
          For once in history, office-seekers were disinterested, and contractors and hangers-on human.
          The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
          15
          Greta came on late, and when she was onstage she looked disinterested.
          Tell the Wolves I’m Home
          16
          Carroll tried to appear disinterested-stroveto make his manner casual; jocular even.
          Midnight
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