disinterested

1. 1.

   unaffected by self-interest

   Similarimpartial

Questions about disinterested

What does disinterested mean?

disinterested means "unaffected by self-interest".

How many syllables are in disinterested?

disinterested has 4 syllables: disin-ter-e-sted. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /dɪˈsɪntɹɪstɪd/.

Is disinterested a common word?

disinterested is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.