as in neutrality
lack of favoritism toward one side or another
since the coach has a son on the team, his disinterest in the selection of a team captain cannot be assumed
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Recent Examples of disinterest
Despite Cameron’s disinterest, the conversation didn’t go away.
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Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Positive body language can help leaders appear confident, approachable, and engaged, while negative body language may inadvertently signal disinterest, discomfort, or defensiveness.
—Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.d., Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Kelly is in the final year of a four-year, $50 million contract extension, and he’s been candid about the Colts’ disinterest in giving him another extension.
—James Boyd, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Campbell left for the locker room in the fourth quarter to express his disinterest in helping his team.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
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Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Positive body language can help leaders appear confident, approachable, and engaged, while negative body language may inadvertently signal disinterest, discomfort, or defensiveness.
—Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.d., Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Kelly is in the final year of a four-year, $50 million contract extension, and he’s been candid about the Colts’ disinterest in giving him another extension.
—James Boyd, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Campbell left for the locker room in the fourth quarter to express his disinterest in helping his team.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinterest
Noun
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Rihanna was also a talking point during jury selection, with prospective jurors asked if their neutrality in deciding the case would be affected if Rihanna were to attend the trial.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
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In response—even before the U.S. even officially joined the war—President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the bold decision to extend the U.S. neutrality zone to include Greenland and the Azores.—
James Patton Rogers & Caroline Kennedy Pipe / Made by History ,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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First, avoid letting your friendship compromise fairness or objectivity.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Various outfits, positioning themselves as neutral guides to the marketplace of ideas, now tout evaluations of news organizations’ trustworthiness, but relying on these requires trusting in the quality and objectivity of the evaluation.—
Fergus McIntosh,
The New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2025
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India, an avatar of forceful neutralism early on, saw its influence diminished by regional conflict and domestic troubles.—
Erez Manela,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Dec. 2021
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Globalizing impulses helped bring about a flourishing of neutralism.—
Leo Robson,
The New Yorker,
5 Dec. 2016
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“Disinterest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinterest. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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