uninterested

Questions about uninterested

What does uninterested mean?

uninterested means "not having or showing interest". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in uninterested?

uninterested has 4 syllables: unin-ter-e-sted. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /əˈnɪntɹəstɪd/.

What is the opposite of uninterested?

The recorded antonyms are interested.

Is uninterested a common word?

uninterested 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.