uninterested

uninterested
adj
1. unconcerned, indifferent, blasé, apathetic, uninvolved, Fr. dégagé, disinterested; distant, aloof, remote, removed, Sl. turned-off, above it all; impassive, impassible, unemotional, dispassionate, passionless; unexcited, nonchalant, pococurante, perfunctory; lukewarm, Laodicean, cool; cold, chilly, icy, frigid; uncaring, unsympathetic, unsolicitous, unmoved, untouched, unstirred, unaffected; impenetrable, unimpressionable, unimpressible.
2. inattentive, preoccupied, oblivious, in a world of one's own, out of touch; bored, half-awake, drifting in and out, with one's head in the clouds.

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  • uninterested — see disinterested …   Modern English usage

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