Associations to the word «Disinterest»

Wiktionary

DISINTEREST, noun. (obsolete) What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [17th-19th c.]
DISINTEREST, noun. The absence of bias; impartiality. [from 17th c.]
DISINTEREST, noun. A lack of interest; indifference, apathy. [from 19th c.]
DISINTEREST, verb. (transitive) To render disinterested.
DISINTEREST, adjective. (obsolete) disinterested

Dictionary definition

DISINTEREST, noun. Tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King