UNINTERESTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uninterested mean? 

• UNINTERESTED (adjective)
  The adjective UNINTERESTED has 2 senses:

1. not having or showing interest

2. having no care or interest in knowing

  Familiarity information: UNINTERESTED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNINTERESTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not having or showing interest

Context example:

an uninterested spectator

Similar:

apathetic; indifferent (marked by a lack of interest)

blase; bored (uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence)

dismissive (showing indifference or disregard)

benumbed; dulled (having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure)

Antonym:

interested (having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having no care or interest in knowing

Context example:

she appeared totally uninterested

Similar:

incurious (showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity)

 Context examples 

The man thought it might be Bill, but he thought in a dull, uninterested way.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

At this sweeping rebuke, which the cook had only pointed, the rest of the crew became uninterested and fell to work at one task or another.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Everything was silent except the leaves of the trees, which were gently agitated by the wind; the night was nearly dark, and the scene would have been solemn and affecting even to an uninterested observer.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)