'Disinterested' definitions:
Definition of 'disinterested'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Unaffected by self-interest
Definition of 'Disinterested'
From: GCIDE
- Disinterested \Dis*in"ter*est*ed\, a. [Cf. Disinteressed.] Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge. [1913 Webster]
- The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. --Channing.
- Syn: Unbiased; impartial; uninterested; indifferent. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disinterested'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- aloof,
- altruistic,
- apathetic,
- ataractic,
- benumbed,
- blah,
- blase,
- bored,
- candid,
- careless,
- casual,
- colorless,
- comatose,
- committed,
- consecrated,
- dedicated,
- desensitized,
- detached,
- devil-may-care,
- devoted,
- dispassionate,
- disregardful,
- distant,
- dull,
- easygoing,
- equitable,
- evenhanded,
- fair,
- heartless,
- hebetudinous,
- heedless,
- hopeless,
- humble,
- impartial,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- in a stupor,
- inattentive,
- incurious,
- indifferent,
- inexcitable,
- insouciant,
- just,
- lackadaisical,
- languid,
- Laodicean,
- lethargic,
- listless,
- lofty,
- mindless,
- modest,
- negative,
- negligent,
- neutral,
- nonchalant,
- numb,
- numbed,
- objective,
- Olympian,
- open-minded,
- passive,
- perfunctory,
- phlegmatic,
- pluckless,
- pococurante,
- poker-faced,
- reckless,
- regardless,
- remote,
- resigned,
- sacrificing,
- self-abasing,
- self-abnegating,
- self-abnegatory,
- self-denying,
- self-devoted,
- self-effacing,
- self-forgetful,
- self-immolating,
- self-neglectful,
- self-neglecting,
- self-renouncing,
- self-sacrificing,
- self-unconscious,
- selfless,
- slack,
- sluggish,
- soporific,
- spiritless,
- spunkless,
- stoic,
- stolid,
- stupefied,
- supine,
- torpid,
- turned-off,
- unacquisitive,
- unanxious,
- unbiased,
- uncaring,
- unconcerned,
- undazzled,
- undiscriminating,
- uninfluenced,
- uninquiring,
- uninterested,
- uninvolved,
- unjaundiced,
- unmindful,
- unpossessive,
- unprejudiced,
- unprepossessed,
- unpretentious,
- unselfish,
- unsolicitous,
- unsparing of self,
- unswayed,
- withdrawn