All 6 Uses
disinterested
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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- We should keep our mind a blank tablet which nature fills for us, and then reason disinterestedly from the facts we observe.†
Part 3 *
- But when we stop and think about it disinterestedly, in terms of this stuck screw, we begin to see that this whole idea of disinterested observation is silly.†
Part 3
- But when we stop and think about it disinterestedly, in terms of this stuck screw, we begin to see that this whole idea of disinterested observation is silly.†
Part 3
- What are we going to observe disinterestedly?†
Part 3
- Normally when you have a new idea to present in an academic environment you're supposed to be objective and disinterested in it.†
Part 4
- But this idea of Quality took issue with that very supposition...of objectivity and disinterestedness.†
Part 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(disinterested) unaffected by self-interest
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, disinterested can literally mean "not interested in something."