uninterest

English

Etymology

un- + interest

Noun

uninterest (usually uncountable, plural uninterests)

  1. Lack of interest; indifference.
    • 1997, John Lanchester, The Debt to Pleasure
      'Yeah,' said my delightful inquisitor, with an attempt at casual indifference or uninterest that to the tutored eye only revealed all the more starkly her rising excitement []
    • 1986, Kingsley Amis, The Old Devils (page 49)
      Not many general topics appealed to Sophie, and the question of Wales or being Welsh stood high in her uninterests.

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