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单词 uninterested
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uninterestedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈɪntrᵻstᵻd/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈɪnt(ə)rɛstᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈɪntrəstəd/, /ˌənˈɪn(t)ərəstəd/, /ˌənˈɪn(t)əˌrɛstəd/
Etymology: un- prefix1 2.
1. Unbiassed, impartial. Obsolete.
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.].
2. Free from motives of personal interest; disinterested. Obsolete.
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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