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uninterested (adj.)
1640s, "unbiased," from
un-
(1) "not" + past participle of
interest
(v.). It later meant "disinterested" (1660s); sense of "unconcerned, indifferent" is recorded from 1771. This is the correct word for what often is miscalled
disinterested
.