uninterested

/ənˈɪntrɪsɾɪd/

/ənˈɪntrɪsɾɪd/

Other forms: uninterestedly

Uninterested describes someone who doesn't pay attention or care. If you're uninterested in touring old homes and shopping for antiques, you might be bored on vacation with your aunt and her friends.

The adjective uninterested is the one you'll use if you really don't care about something. You might be uninterested in the economics textbook chapter you keep trying to read, or uninterested in the celebrity gossip everyone is sharing. Uninterested is like bored. The Latin root word of interest is interresse, or to be of importance. So when something's not important to you, you're uninterested.

Definitions of uninterested

1. adjective

   not having or showing a sense of concern or curiosity
   “an uninterested spectator”

   synonyms: unabsorbed

   apathetic, indifferent

   marked by a lack of interest

   blase, bored

   uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence

   dismissive

   showing indifference or disregard

   benumbed, dulled

   having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure

   antonyms:

   interested

   having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern

   curious

   having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more
2. adjective

   having no care or interest in knowing
   “she appeared totally uninterested”

   synonyms:

   incurious

   showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity