Disinterested

Jeevan Sivasubramaniam Posted by Jeevan Sivasubramaniam, Managing Director, Editorial, Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.



Disinterested: This word is most commonly used to mean that someone is not interested or has no energy for something, but it actually means “neutral and unbiased.”

So, for example, having a jury that is disinterested in the trial is not a bad thing.