How to Use disinterest in a Sentence

disinterest

1 of 2 verb

• Swanson said Whent appeared disinterested in the case from the start and his attitude set the tone for the rest of the department.
  — Washington Post, 22 June 2017
• The research suggests being disinterested in one chore at work might lead you to look for novelty in the next.
  — Lila MacLellan, Quartz at Work, 1 July 2019
• The report concluded that Whent was disinterested with the case from the start, setting the tone for his subordinates.
  — CBS News, 10 July 2017
• For the last four weeks of the season to that point after Keith Hornsby sustained a season-ending injury, the Tigers played disinterested.
  — Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• An opponent that seemed just as disinterested in winning as the Colts have appeared.
  — Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2017
• The fear that customers have over the coronavirus and the large number of people that are getting sick has made them slightly disinterested in celebrating Holi.
  — Fox News, 11 Mar. 2020
• Meanwhile, though Brian Williams seemed to imply those in Olathe were disinterested, residents of the city and those around the area followed along with Comey’s testimony.
  — Max Londberg, kansascity.com, 9 June 2017
• Employees were also doubly disinterested in working for the firm in the future if they had been criticized by a female boss.
  — Martin Abel, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2019
• Koala detection dogs need to be disinterested in people, hyper-focused and without a prey drive.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 19 Nov. 2019
• The duo is surrounded by disinterested, unfazed New Yorkers who are either staring off into the distance or at their phones.
  — Sophie Hirsh, CNT, 28 July 2017
• Our confusion leads to disinterest, even as the band members delight at their ongoing success.
  — Alan Zilberman, The Denver Post, 26 May 2017
• Cats are noted for their unique ability to be disinterested under all kinds of circumstances, a fun fact that was on full unabashed display for Kevin the cat who went for a hilarious ride of his life on a leash.
  — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 2 Mar. 2020
• They aren’t disinterested by the prospect of a movie centered around uniquely female experiences.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• The two groups shared similar fears: a society in decline, a people disinterested in old values, politics run amok, and each other.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 14 Apr. 2018
• Meanwhile my mom will hover over the counter disinterested, examining something like a men’s gold ID bracelet through a magnifying glass.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2018
• Yet despite all of this the Navy has offered no explanation for the events and appears disinterested in investigating the matter further.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 July 2018
• During an assembly for tenth graders two years ago, for example, Weinstein observed that her Spanish River classmates were mostly disinterested in (and bored with) the Holocaust survivor who came in to the school to speak.
  — Randall P. Lieberman, Jewish Journal, 13 July 2017
• New Yorkers are renowned for their ability to ignore people on subways, so being able to draw the interest of people who are world-class talents at being disinterested was something the Felice Brothers had to learn.
  — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• They were disinterested at times, undisciplined at others, and the management of the quarterback position was baffling.
  — Dan Wolken, The Courier-Journal, 14 Oct. 2017
• Martial had scored three goals in three games prior to being switched to the right hand side to accommodate the Chilean, but frustratingly, Martial demonstrates his ability on the ball far too little and appears almost disinterested at times.
  — SI.com, 6 May 2018
• Besides his awesome moves, there was the varying expressions of the onlookers — everything from delight to disinterested.
  — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2019
• But he is singularly disinterested in shouldering the burdens that come with being a global hegemon.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2018
• And the move has sparked criticism from Democrats that Trump is disinterested in fulfilling his duties as commander in chief, as well as concerns about the over-militarization of his administration.
  — Jeremy Herb, CNN, 21 June 2017
• Many young men are just as unprepared for, or disinterested in, serious physical labor as women.
  — Amanda Abrams, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2018
• Elsewhere, however, the prince has proven to be disinterested in democracy or bettering Saudi Arabia's human rights record.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2017
• Some World of Warcraft fans are in an age demographic commonly regarded on social media as disinterested in games: Baby Boomers.
  — Shannon Liao, CNN, 27 Aug. 2019
• Why are so many Japanese disinterested in going beyond their borders?
  — Anne Quito, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2019
• Using a fixed camera and a mix of medium shots and head-and-shoulder close-ups, Mr. Depardon maintains a distance from everyone in the interview rooms, a vantage that could be characterized as respectful or maybe disinterested.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
• Also, there was a bad loss at Dallas in which Portland simply looked inexplicably disinterested.
  — John Canzano, OregonLive.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• Trump is ignorant, erratic, and largely disinterested in the details of governance.
  — Jamelle Bouie, Slate Magazine, 31 May 2017

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disinterest

2 of 2 noun

• His proposal was met with complete disinterest.
• It’s this disinterest in norms that brings Beth to Cleo in Paris.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 25 Oct. 2020
• The look on Chauvin's face is one of bored disinterest.
  — John Blake, CNN, 24 Apr. 2021
• The disinterest trickled to the gyms, where careers are hatched.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• As the nation braces for a dark winter, that disinterest could be one of the virus’s greatest allies.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 7 Nov. 2020
• His disinterest leaves his host to grapple with her own bruised ego and the motivations that drove her to seek him out in the first place.
  — Vogue, 29 May 2021
• Picard’s lack of a family and is disinterest in children was there from the very first episode of the series.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
• Asked after the game about the thrill of playing in front of royalty, the Celtics star Jaylen Brown, a Georgia native, did not hide his disinterest.
  — Jenna Russell, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
• It has been lost after decades of silence and disinterest.
  — Rigoberto González, latimes.com, 5 July 2019
• Brnovich does not have the permission of Gov. Doug Ducey to pursue the tuition lawsuit, and Ducey has expressed his disinterest in it.
  — Rachel Leingang, azcentral, 20 Aug. 2019
• And even when the White House musters up a set of proposals, Trump’s plain disinterest in the hard work of passing legislation foils them.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 21 Oct. 2020
• The crowd in Tacoma repeatedly showed its disinterest in Corbin, but the match was easily the best one that Rollins has had against Corbin.
  — Justin Barrasso, SI.com, 23 June 2019
• The tone of TwitchCon as a whole was not one of disinterest in these topics, but rather resignation.
  — Nathan Grayson, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
• Think of all the holidays a disinterest in food would kill: Thanksgiving, dead.
  — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• Some point to the film as an example of Hollywood’s disinterest in the drearier, day-to-day aspects of drag.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 4 May 2023
• His disdain for the work his employees did was apparent, but even worse was his disinterest in it.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
• That disinterest in beauty also caused a shift in the content rollouts.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 10 Oct. 2022
• Gizelle remains unbothered, her legs placed up on a chair in feigned disinterest.
  — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2021
• Gone are the lavish parties as agencies scale down on travel to the East Coast event in a response to the increasing disinterest in broadcast and in a bid to rein in spending.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022
• The herring market has tanked over two decades by disinterest from the single buyer, Japan, where tastes and buying policies have changed.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2021
• Both Nolan and Fincher exploit the zeitgeist’s disinterest in what’s moral or immoral.
  — Armond White, National Review, 21 July 2023
• This could be misread as a case for moral disinterest—for rejecting not just the idea of countries as moral agents, but indeed the attempt of government to do good.
  — Parker Richards, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2022
• For decades, the state and county governments’ disinterest in the problem transferred the burden of care to activists and local leaders.
  — Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
• The Supreme Court that heard oral arguments in Ramirez, on the other hand, regarded those claims with suspicion and disinterest.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 10 Nov. 2021
• The disinterest in public safety stems beyond red flag laws.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
• The most bewildering thing about Murder House Flip, though, is the show's total lack of self-awareness, the disinterest in probing its own premise any deeper.
  — Jeva Lange, TheWeek, 7 Apr. 2020
• What has been billed as a decisive fight for democracy is taking place within a hazy zone of disinterest.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2024
• Her arrival ups the body count and boils over tension between Lestat's nasty disinterest and Louis' shaky morality.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2022
• Expressing a disinterest in things like people’s children and sports was a real pleasure for me as a performer.
  — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2023
• This fact, along with Putin’s disinterest in the nitty-gritty of governance, means there is ever more room for improvisation and freelancing at all levels of the state apparatus.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024

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