All 7 Uses of
disinterested
in
Washington Square
- I must do the young men of New York the justice to say that they strike me as very disinterested.†
Chpt 6 *
- And if our young men appear disinterested," the Doctor's wiser sister went on, "it is because they marry, as a general thing, so young; before twenty-five, at the age of innocence and sincerity, before the age of calculation.†
Chpt 6
- There is, of course, nothing impossible in an intelligent young man entertaining a disinterested affection for you.†
Chpt 11
- The word of a gentleman that I am not mercenary; that my affection for Miss Sloper is as pure and disinterested a sentiment as was ever lodged in a human breast!†
Chpt 12
- And so he will see that you are disinterested.†
Chpt 16
- Venture to appear as disinterested as you are!" said Mrs. Penniman ingeniously.†
Chpt 16
- But for a moment this attitude of interposition and disinterestedness, this carrying of messages and redeeming of promises, brought back the sense that her companion was a dangerous woman.†
Chpt 35
Definition:
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(disinterested) unaffected by self-interest