uninterested

English

Alternative forms

• uninteressed (obsolete)

Etymology

un- +‎ interested

Adjective

uninterested (comparative more uninterested, superlative most uninterested)

1. (obsolete) Unmotivated by personal interest; unbiased, disinterested.
2. Not interested; indifferent, not concerned.

   I was uninterested in the TV program, so I read a book instead.

   • 2024 March 20, Christian Wolmar, “NAO report highlights lack of clarity and purpose”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 34:

     Once the government had changed and we got a prime minister uninterested in - even hostile to - railways, the transition team was working in an atmosphere of uncertainty.

Translations

indifferent

• Danish: uinteresseret
• Dutch: ongeïnteresseerd (nl), niet geïnteresseerd
• Faroese: óáhugaður m
• Finnish: välinpitämätön (fi), mielenkiinnoton, kiinnostumaton (fi)
• French: pas intéressé
• Hungarian: nem érdeklődő, érdeklődést nem mutató, nem érdekli, közömbös (hu)
• Macedonian: незаинтересиран (nezainteresiran)
• Maori: hūkore
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uinteressert

  Nynorsk: uinteressert

• Polish: niezainteresowany
• Romanian: neinteresat, dezinteresat (ro), indiferent (ro)
• Spanish: desinteresado (es), indiferente (es)
• Swedish: ointresserad (sv)
• Ukrainian: незаціка́влений (nezacikávlenyj)

See also

• disinterested