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uninterest

uninterest noun: lack of interest; indifference.

Noun

uninterest (usually uncountable, plural uninterests)

  1. (usually) Lack of interest; indifference.
    • '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
    • 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

Forms of uninterest

pluraluninterests

Origin of uninterest

From un- + interest.

Questions about uninterest

What does uninterest mean?
Uninterest means lack of interest; indifference.
What part of speech is uninterest?
Uninterest is a noun.
What is the plural of uninterest?
The plural of uninterest is uninterests.

Words near uninterest in the dictionary

  1. unintercepted
  2. uninterchangeable
  3. uninterconnected
  4. uninterdicted
  5. uninteressed
  6. uninterest
  7. uninterested
  8. uninterestedly
  9. uninterestedness
  10. uninteresting
  11. uninterestingly

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