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disinterested definition

dis·in·ter·ested (dis in′trəs tid, -int′ər əs tid)

adjective

  1. not influenced by personal interest or selfish motives; impartial; unbiased
  2. uninterested; indifferent: this usage, a revival of an obsolete meaning, is objected to by some

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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