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zealot
/ˌɪm pɜr ˈtɜr bə bl/
/ˌɪm pɜr ˈtɜr bə bl/
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disinterested
/dɪs ˈɪn trɪ stɪd/
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unaffected by self-interest
disinterested meaning(s)
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- (adj) unaffected by self-interest
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- With so many governments falling in such a short time, the citizens were disinterested, even apathetic, to the election process.
- The experiment was an utter failure and the disinterested media was loath to cover failure sans scandal.
- disinterestedly without bias; without selfish motives
- disinterestedness freedom from bias or from selfish motives
- disinterment /ˌdɪ sɪn ˈtɜr mənt/ ? the act of digging something out of the ground (especially…
- disinterred dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
- disinterring dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
- disinvest deprive of status or authority
- disinvestment /dɪs ɪn ˈvɛst mənt/ ? the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation
- disinvolve free from involvement or entanglement
- disjoin /dɪs ˈdʒɔɪn/ ? make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
- disjoined have the connection undone; having become separate
- disjoint /dɪs ˈdʒɔ ɪnt/ ? part; cease or break association with
- disjointed /dɪs ˈdʒɔ ɪn tɪd/ ? lacking orderly continuity
- disjointedly in a disjointed manner
- disjointedness lacking order or coherence
- disjunct /dɪs ˈdʒəŋkt/ ? progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- disjunction /dɪs ˈdʒəŋ kʃən/ ? state of being disconnected
- disjunctive /dɪs ˈdʒəŋ ktɪv/ ? serving or tending to divide or separate
- disjunctive conjunction the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the disjunction…
- disjuncture state of being disconnected
- disk /ˈdɪsk/ ? something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- disk access memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored
- disk brake hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk…
- disk cache a cache that stores copies of frequently used disk sectors in random access…