Sunday, May 24, 2015

disinterested/uninterested: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Sunday, May 24, 2015

disinterested/uninterested
A bored person is uninterested. Do not confuse this word with the much rarer “disinterested,” which means “objective, neutral.”



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