disinterest
dis·in·ter·est / disˈint(ə)rist/ • n. 1. the state of not being influenced by personal involvement in something; impartiality: I do not claim any scholarly disinterest with this book.2. lack of interest in something: he chided Dennis for his disinterest in anything that is not his own idea.
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