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disinterested

/dɪsˈɪnt(ə)ɹəstəd/ adjective C2
  1. Having no interest or stake in the outcome, and no conflicts of interest; free of bias, impartial.
  2. Synonym of uninterested (“not interested; not concerned; indifferent”).
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You may one of these days reap the reward of your disinterested devotion.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 182 · C1
This was his plan of amends--of atonement--for inheriting their father’s estate; and he thought it an excellent one, full of eligibility and suitableness, and excessively generous and disinterested on his own part.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 77 · B2
The stupidity with which he was favoured by nature must guard his courtship from any charm that could make a woman wish for its continuance; and Miss Lucas, who accepted him solely from the pure and disinterested desire of an establishment, cared not how soon that establishment were gained.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 142 · B2
“But,” said Danglars, who, on his part, did not perceive how soon the conversation, which was at first disinterested, was turning to a business transaction, “there is, doubtless, a part of your fortune your father could not refuse you?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 825 · C1

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