Disinterested and Uninterested

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<p>Can they test us on the difference between disinterested and uninterested? I know the former traditionally means impartial … but few people adhere to it today.</p>

<p>And it gets even more perplexed:</p>

<p>Uninterested = Bored
Disinterested = Partial
Uninterest = - (Does not exist)
Disinterest = Boredom</p>

<p>So yeah… Why does disinterested mean partial whereas disinterest means boredom? What madness is this??? :confused:</p>

<p>Can they test us on this? I hear they’ve done so in the past.</p>

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<p>They probably won’t. I mean, they’re not going to ask you what the difference between uninterested and disinterested is. And even if they did, it’s only one question. Nothing to worry about.</p>