单词 | uninterested |
释义 | uninterestedadj.ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > impartial indifferent1413 universal?c1450 unpartial1551 inaffectionate1558 evened1578 unpassionate1587 unaffectionate1588 affectionless1595 dispassionate1595 impartial1597 unappassionate1598 unpassioned?1605 even-handed1611 unpassionated1611 dispassioneda1631 unpropense1641 uninteressed1643 uninteresteda1646 dispassionated1647 free1653 unconcerned1664 equanimous1670 unbiased1686 both-sided1830 a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 107 By this uninterrested disguis, the more to justifie the Celebrations. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 49 in Justice Vindicated Nor do I think that any uninterested casuist will deny [etc.]. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [adjective] > free from personal interest disinteressed1610 uninteressed1643 disinterested1659 uninterested1661 unselfinteressed1664 1661 (title) A Relation of the business..concerning Bedford Levell,..by a person uninterested. 1704 N. N. tr. T. Boccalini Advts. from Parnassus III. 191 What think you of uninterested Men, who value the Publick Good beyond their own private Interest? 1767 W. Cowper Let. 16 June (1979) I. 169 You know me to be an uninterested Person. 3. Unconcerned, indifferent. In this sense disinterested is increasingly common in informal use, though widely regarded as incorrect: see disinterested adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective] carelessOE negligentc1390 recklessc1425 neutral1494 indifferent?1520 undifferentc1540 uncareful1560 unmindful1560 unaddicted1583 unmindful1585 perfunctory1602 disinteressed1603 come day, go day (God send Sunday)1616 disinteresteda1631 Laodicean1633 vacanta1639 unconcerned1645 easy1649 mawkish1679 indifferinga1694 concernless1706 unminding1714 nonchalanta1734 coolrife1768 uninterested1772 uncaring1786 tooth-picking1814 pococurante1815 pococurantish1821 insouciant1829 non-committal1829 don't-care1830 promiscuous1837 don't-carish1838 unpartial1840 noncurantist1882 noncuranta1913 casual1916 Gallionic1920 disengaged1958 1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 ii. 253/1 He is no cold, uninterested, and uninteresting advocate for the cause he espouses. 1774 Trinket 54 In this amiable society can my heart be uninterested? 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X lxxiii. 89 In the same quaint, uninterested tone. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xix. 185 An almost silent, but not uninterested spectator. 1980 G. Greene Dr. Fischer iv. 28 I wouldn't say that—he was totally uninterested in both of us. 1981 London Rev. Bks. 19 Nov. 21 Classical historiography was on the whole uninterested in local provincial history. 1982 D. Fraser Alanbrooke iii. 53 He gave, at that time and later, a certain impression of being uninterested in people except at an agreeably superficial level, absorbed only in practical or professional pursuits. Derivatives unˈinterestedly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [adverb] indifferently1574 perfunctorily1581 perfunctoriously1609 unconcernedly1636 disaffectedly1646 inconcernedly1695 gaily1810 nonchalantly1836 off-handed1840 uncovetingly1862 uncaringly1868 insouciantly1880 uninterestedly1891 disinterestedly1941 1891 H. Herman His Angel 108 He looked upon the..crowds..uninterestedly. unˈinterestedness n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [noun] > lack of selfish bias disinteressedness1648 disinterest1658 disinteressmenta1680 disinterestedness1687 uninterestedness1691 uninteressedness1702 abstractedness1747 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 55 As to that Uninterestedness so pretended to by them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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