Dec 31, 2025
Understanding the Difference: Disinterested vs Uninterested
Do you get hot under the collar if you see disinterested used to mean ‘not interested’? If so, you might be fighting a losing, even already lost, battle. The canon of peevery What I will call the canon of peevery has its own sacred masterpieces of peeving. High on that list sits the uninterested vs. disinterested debate; as long ago as 1889 a US dictionary tut-tutted over the ‘incorrect’ use…