How to Use uninterested in a Sentence

uninterested

adjective
  • Democrats looked away, uninterested, when the old video of Thomas and Biden played.
    Jesús Rodríguez, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • Some of Ryan’s friends planned to stay on the street — uninterested in the offers of a hotel room.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Why pay all that money to sit there and be so uninterested in the game?
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Anyone uninterested in the flick could break a rack in the billiards room or grab a drink from the fridge in the cocktail bar.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 18 Sep. 2022
  • None of this seems to faze the star who’s uninterested in running away from the spotlight.
    Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Pugh seemed uninterested in Brown’s crime, and kept him on staff.
    baltimoresun.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The game was a dull affair with both team looking uninterested from the off.
    SI.com, 11 May 2018
  • He was served entrees that are stale and tasteless, while the owner is aloof and the kitchen staff is uninterested.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Of course, there are just as many ways for kids to become uninterested in a topic.
    Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 9 Aug. 2020
  • Well, there was the girl who kept standing on the table to sing opera to a mostly empty and uninterested bar.
    Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The hosts, played by Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry, are vapid and uninterested.
    Justin Worland, Time, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Costner was uninterested in scaling down his vision, and therefore had to go out on his own and find the funds.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 28 June 2024
  • If the leader is too busy or is uninterested in showing up, the group enjoys a day away from their desk, but there is little change.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • On August 14, Hoskins blasted his first big league homer, then returned to the dugout to find a bench full of uninterested teammates.
    Jonah Keri, SI.com, 4 Sep. 2017
  • As long as those works didn’t make any money, the art business was uninterested.
    Emily Lordi, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Paint in the art studio For a long time, the kids were totally uninterested in my art studio, which is a special place.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • Kirby was uninterested in those kinds of questions, but clearly the issue weighed on the book.
    Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Sheikhs, who tend to cruise in the world’s hottest places, wanted baroque indoor spaces and were uninterested in sundecks.
    Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • And a lot of folks in the media, yes, seemed totally uninterested in fact- checking him.
    CBS News, 30 June 2024
  • In the shot, the little tot can be seen posing with her arms crossed and her back against a wall — looking completely uninterested in the fish tank beside her.
    Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 31 July 2019
  • Many of the rest are too inexperienced or just uninterested in the White House.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 22 June 2018
  • Not with the way his team came into the playoffs, looking like a slumping, uninterested bunch in recent weeks.
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2018
  • But the series is cheerfully uninterested in raking her over the coals for them.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2022
  • While the players urged the fan to leave the field, security seemed completely uninterested in getting this dude off the field.
    Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The American people seemed deeply uninterested in news about the race.
    Jeremy Barr, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • But Al-Sharif is uninterested in highlighting those facets of Yemeni life.
    Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 21 May 2019
  • In fact, just 20% of patients reached used the free ride, while the majority were either uninterested or didn’t respond to the offer.
    Laura Forman, WSJ, 10 July 2019
  • People who are this uninterested in the safety of their and other children are not generally the type to take kindly to a stranger telling them how to drive.
    oregonlive, 10 May 2022
  • But she is frustratingly relegated — particularly as the writer of the source material — to being the straight man at the circus and beyond a brief glimpse at her disapproving mother the film is uninterested what appeal this world has for her.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Lebanon’s central government is either uninterested or incapable of challenging Syria and Iran.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 28 Sep. 2024

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