How to Use uninterested in a Sentence

uninterested

adjective
  • Why pay all that money to sit there and be so uninterested in the game?
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Untouched and uninterested, the toy just took up space in the home.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Pugh seemed uninterested in Brown’s crime, and kept him on staff.
    — baltimoresun.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Of course, there are just as many ways for kids to become uninterested in a topic.
    — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 9 Aug. 2020
  • The game was a dull affair with both team looking uninterested from the off.
    — SI.com, 11 May 2018
  • None of this seems to faze the star who’s uninterested in running away from the spotlight.
    — Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
  • No parent wants to see their child become bored and uninterested at school.
    — Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
  • As long as those works didn’t make any money, the art business was uninterested.
    — Emily Lordi, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Democrats looked away, uninterested, when the old video of Thomas and Biden played.
    — Jesús Rodríguez, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • But sometimes God can feel far off, hidden, or even uninterested in mankind.
    — Kit Cornell Kurtz, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026
  • The wolves remain undisturbed and, for the most part, uninterested. Toward the end of April, staff counted some 768 adults in the colony, breaking the previous record of 751 in mid-May 2022.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
  • And for those uninterested in chess, there are plenty of other choices.
    — Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Kirby was uninterested in those kinds of questions, but clearly the issue weighed on the book.
    — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • But the series is cheerfully uninterested in raking her over the coals for them.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2022
  • Older adults see it in the workplace when younger colleagues seem uninterested in their feedback.
    — Sharon Jayson, Washington Post, 15 May 2018
  • And a lot of folks in the media, yes, seemed totally uninterested in fact- checking him.
    — CBS News, 30 June 2024
  • 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
  • This is perhaps why the Kremlin seems so uninterested in ending the war.
    — Jeremy Shapiro, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Even the most uninterested in football know of the spoken signal required for the quarterback to ask for the ball.
    — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Vinicius Jr is seemingly uninterested in trying to make up the ground between them as the ball is played in.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • But Gumbs was uninterested in compromising on his goal of playing against the best.
    — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The American people seemed deeply uninterested in news about the race.
    — Jeremy Barr, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • All of the sharks are seemingly uninterested in the people nearby.
    — CBS News, 28 May 2021

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