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# uninterested

«uninterested» in Mova's school dictionary: **not interested; not wanting to know about or pay…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Uninterested means not interested; not wanting to know about or pay attention to something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninterested/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories it describes someone who looks bored or does not care about something: «the cat looked uninterested in the toy». Phrases: «uninterested in», «look uninterested».

### examples

- The cat seemed uninterested in its new toy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninterested/#x1)
- He was uninterested in football but loved chess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninterested/#x2)
- The baby looked uninterested in the carrots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninterested/#x3)
- She gave an uninterested shrug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninterested/#x4)
- Don't look uninterested when a friend is talking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninterested/#x5)
- The audience grew uninterested in the long speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninterested/#x6)

### note

Adjective, used with «in»: «uninterested in maths». Trap: «disinterested» properly means fair, not taking sides (like a good referee), though many people use it to mean «uninterested».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «uninterested» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uninterested/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.