Sample Sentences fordisinterested (auto-selected)
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Their long-standing antagonism kept university scientists free of contaminating industry ties, and whenever debate arose about technological matters, disinterested scientists were available to discuss the issues at the highest levels. (source)disinterested = unaffected by self-interest
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As I listened, I felt a strange sensation of distance that bordered on disinterestedness, as if my future with Tyler, this brother I had known and loved all my life, was a film I had already seen and knew the ending of.† (source)
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Your sweetness and disinterestedness are really angelic; I do not know what to say to you.† (source)
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'Where've you been?' he demanded rudely and disinterestedly, without looking up.† (source)
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What are we going to observe disinterestedly?† (source)
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When evening finally came he lit the lamps and began to page disinterestedly through a book.† (source)
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I tried to make my voice sound as disinterested as possible, but Grandmere ignored my bad attitude.† (source)
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I thought Mr. Jaggers glanced at Joe, as if he considered him a fool for his disinterestedness.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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It lay as it had lain, one loop off the frame, the brass nozzle on the hall floor, the nozzle pointing disinterestedly away from him.† (source)
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It's hard to tell how quickly they'll reach the police—the volunteers seem utterly disinterested.† (source)
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And he's ready to do that in spite of all his nobility and disinterestedness.† (source)
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It is the foremost concern of Miss Cartwright, as it should be for all those who love my Son disinterestedly, to pray for his restoration to health and the full use of his mental faculties.† (source)
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Gritting her teeth, she glanced around, but the nearby guards and servants remained as disinterested as a concrete wall.† (source)
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Your name is celebrated, your position magnificent; and then the Comte de Morcerf is a soldier, and it is pleasing to see the integrity of a Bayard united to the poverty of a Duguesclin; disinterestedness is the brightest ray in which a noble sword can shine.† (source)
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They did not look at us disinterestedly, those beasts of our final year, those leering impatient harbingers.† (source)
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A tall black woman in a tailored suit, her short-clipped hair touched with gray, slipped out from behind the wheel, handed the car keys to the doorman, and cast a disinterested glance at the house on the hill.† (source)
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