How to Use disinterest in a Sentence

disinterest

1 of 2 verb
  • The research suggests being disinterested in one chore at work might lead you to look for novelty in the next.
    — Lila MacLellan, Quartz at Work, 1 July 2019
  • An opponent that seemed just as disinterested in winning as the Colts have appeared.
    — Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Koala detection dogs need to be disinterested in people, hyper-focused and without a prey drive.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Our confusion leads to disinterest, even as the band members delight at their ongoing success.
    — Alan Zilberman, The Denver Post, 26 May 2017
  • Swanson said Whent appeared disinterested in the case from the start and his attitude set the tone for the rest of the department.
    — Washington Post, 22 June 2017
  • They aren’t disinterested by the prospect of a movie centered around uniquely female experiences.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Employees were also doubly disinterested in working for the firm in the future if they had been criticized by a female boss.
    — Martin Abel, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The report concluded that Whent was disinterested with the case from the start, setting the tone for his subordinates.
    — CBS News, 10 July 2017
  • Many young men are just as unprepared for, or disinterested in, serious physical labor as women.
    — Amanda Abrams, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2018
  • Why are so many Japanese disinterested in going beyond their borders?
    — Anne Quito, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The duo is surrounded by disinterested, unfazed New Yorkers who are either staring off into the distance or at their phones.
    — Sophie Hirsh, CNT, 28 July 2017
  • Arie’s so clearly disinterested in her, and their conversation is emotionally painful.
    — Ashley Iaconetti, Cosmopolitan, 16 Jan. 2018
  • They were disinterested at times, undisciplined at others, and the management of the quarterback position was baffling.
    — Dan Wolken, The Courier-Journal, 14 Oct. 2017
  • Besides his awesome moves, there was the varying expressions of the onlookers — everything from delight to disinterested.
    — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2019
  • Meanwhile my mom will hover over the counter disinterested, examining something like a men’s gold ID bracelet through a magnifying glass.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2018
  • For the last four weeks of the season to that point after Keith Hornsby sustained a season-ending injury, the Tigers played disinterested.
    — Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Trump is ignorant, erratic, and largely disinterested in the details of governance.
    — Jamelle Bouie, Slate Magazine, 31 May 2017
  • Also, there was a bad loss at Dallas in which Portland simply looked inexplicably disinterested.
    — John Canzano, OregonLive.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Yet despite all of this the Navy has offered no explanation for the events and appears disinterested in investigating the matter further.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 July 2018
  • Cats are noted for their unique ability to be disinterested under all kinds of circumstances, a fun fact that was on full unabashed display for Kevin the cat who went for a hilarious ride of his life on a leash.
    — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 2 Mar. 2020
  • But the white media seemed disinterested in covering that discrimination.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2017
  • Elsewhere, however, the prince has proven to be disinterested in democracy or bettering Saudi Arabia's human rights record.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2017
  • Meanwhile, though Brian Williams seemed to imply those in Olathe were disinterested, residents of the city and those around the area followed along with Comey’s testimony.
    — Max Londberg, kansascity.com, 9 June 2017
  • Specifically, the defendants say there has been no establishment that a majority of its board isn't disinterested or independent from the decision-making over the bonuses.
    — Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 June 2018
  • Parkland school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez was seemingly disinterested in Kanye West‘s praise of her.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Martial had scored three goals in three games prior to being switched to the right hand side to accommodate the Chilean, but frustratingly, Martial demonstrates his ability on the ball far too little and appears almost disinterested at times.
    — SI.com, 6 May 2018
  • New Yorkers are renowned for their ability to ignore people on subways, so being able to draw the interest of people who are world-class talents at being disinterested was something the Felice Brothers had to learn.
    — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • During an assembly for tenth graders two years ago, for example, Weinstein observed that her Spanish River classmates were mostly disinterested in (and bored with) the Holocaust survivor who came in to the school to speak.
    — Randall P. Lieberman, Jewish Journal, 13 July 2017

disinterest

2 of 2 noun
  • His proposal was met with complete disinterest.
  • This is quite far from being a sign of boredom or disinterest.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Instead, public disinterest might stem from where frogs tend to live.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The disinterest trickled to the gyms, where careers are hatched.
    — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Gizelle remains unbothered, her legs placed up on a chair in feigned disinterest.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2021
  • As the nation braces for a dark winter, that disinterest could be one of the virus’s greatest allies.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 7 Nov. 2020
  • The general disinterest across age groups was the same even when the question was rephrased.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
  • His disinterest leaves his host to grapple with her own bruised ego and the motivations that drove her to seek him out in the first place.
    — Vogue, 29 May 2021
  • Her two other children quickly followed his lead and voiced their own disinterest.
    — Ashley Vega, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • His disdain for the work his employees did was apparent, but even worse was his disinterest in it.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
  • Picard’s lack of a family and is disinterest in children was there from the very first episode of the series.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
  • That disinterest in beauty also caused a shift in the content rollouts.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 10 Oct. 2022
  • What has been billed as a decisive fight for democracy is taking place within a hazy zone of disinterest.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Each pang of anxiety over my son’s disinterest is tempered by that memory.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This detachment or disinterest in spending time with you could signal that their feelings are fading.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 15 June 2023
  • He was withdrawn, showing a disinterest in talking, eating and the usual banter with aides.
    — Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Expressing a disinterest in things like people’s children and sports was a real pleasure for me as a performer.
    — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2023
  • Taking out a phone in these settings is seen as uncouth, vulgar, a signal of disinterest and distraction.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2020
  • There are signs—and certainly hopes—that such neglect and disinterest are giving way to something more equitable.
    — Erika Fry, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The tone of TwitchCon as a whole was not one of disinterest in these topics, but rather resignation.
    — Nathan Grayson, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Will many of them choose not to vote, conflicted by their choices or simply out of disinterest or exhaustion with politics?
    — Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Ahead of Sunday’s game, some have taken to social media to express disinterest in seeing her.
    — Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024
  • In the years since, America has second-guessed its recurring disinterest in this largest of islands, time and again.
    — Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Both Nolan and Fincher exploit the zeitgeist’s disinterest in what’s moral or immoral.
    — Armond White, National Review, 21 July 2023
  • The herring market has tanked over two decades by disinterest from the single buyer, Japan, where tastes and buying policies have changed.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The unconventional choice hints at the director’s disinterest in a tidy search-and-rescue, and the relief that comes with it.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Liam is quick to caution that there’s a difference between taking things slowly and going 'too' slowly, which can be read as disinterest.
    — Rose Stokes, refinery29.com, 7 June 2022
  • Some point to the film as an example of Hollywood’s disinterest in the drearier, day-to-day aspects of drag.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 4 May 2023
  • This could be misread as a case for moral disinterest—for rejecting not just the idea of countries as moral agents, but indeed the attempt of government to do good.
    — Parker Richards, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Well, his lack of morality, his total disinterest in being fair, maybe a touch of early Alzheimer’s, and his cruelty.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2021

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