How to Use disinterested in a Sentence

disinterested

adjective
  • Cook has looked disinterested at times in the past, but this could be his finest season yet.
    — Dr. Roto, SI.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • And that is the main reason for the almost disinterested shrugs on all sides.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2018
  • It’s used only once, when her aunt speaks the name into a cell phone to a disinterested third party.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • But neutral is not the same as disinterested.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The Nets, for their part, seemed disinterested in locking him down, too.
    — Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Warriors limped down the home stretch of the season, a step slow and a lot disinterested.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The logical mind cries out for someone to come in here and be a disinterested arbiter of fact and the law.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 11 Apr. 2012
  • Then again, what is Lue supposed to do with an old, disinterested roster?
    — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 20 Jan. 2018
  • The other side of it is that disinterested altruism takes many forms.
    — Helaine Olen, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2017
  • The equivalent of a disinterested catwalk hair flip and a shrug — and not the fabric kind.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 15 June 2017
  • Matta's teams showed little fight the past few years, and often looked disinterested.
    — Bill Landis, cleveland.com, 1 July 2017
  • Phoenix seemed disinterested in the second half of the season, and their record reflected that.
    — Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
  • Even the most obstinate, picky, or disinterested eater can be enticed with pet food toppers.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Note also that government will not be a disinterested judge of what is its proper share of others’ wealth.
    — George Will, Twin Cities, 17 July 2019
  • Ireland players saw it all and told it all to the disinterested ref, but the goal stood and the Boys in Green fell.
    — SI.com, 21 June 2019
  • Younger residents that seem disinterested in carrying on the play are often shown with heads in their screens.
    — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2017
  • Goldberg was visibly disinterested in talking about the show on the air.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That was huge for Crystal, who felt the teacher wrongly viewed her as a disinterested student.
    — Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, 14 June 2021
  • Soon enough this franchise would become a middle-aged man’s disinterested dream of adolescence, at once preachy and goofy.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • However, the starters, who played, looked disinterested after a while.
    — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Minnesota led by 17 points at the half, but looked entirely disinterested for much of the night.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Mustafi has been soft, disinterested and easily bullied by a fair few attackers in the league this season.
    — SI.com, 17 May 2018
  • This was the Parisian way to do the Olympic opening ceremonies, equal parts proud and disinterested.
    — Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
  • Alito and Thomas and the rest were not engaged in a disinterested scrutiny of rights and rules.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 July 2022
  • For a team with everything to play for, the Kings looked distracted and disinterested.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The small actions by Bush were believed to have hurt him, as appearing disinterested in the debate.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 June 2024
  • In the image, Chauvin has a disinterested look on his face, his sunglasses sit on top of his head, and his hand rests in his pocket.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 22 Apr. 2021
  • And looking disinterested in Game 4 on the road in conference play, that’s a very troubling sign.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 10 Aug. 2019
  • At times, Bidwill was accused of being cheap, greedy and disinterested in winning.
    — Kent Somers, azcentral, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The attorney drafts proofs of heirship that will be signed in court by the applicant and the disinterested witnesses.
    — Dallas News, 12 June 2022

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