disˈinteresting, ppl. a.
[f. dis- 10 + interesting ppl. a., or f. disinterest v. + -ing2.]
Uninteresting; causing lack of interest.
| 1737 Warburton Let. to Birch in Boswell Johnson (1887) I. 29 A dull, heavy succession of long quotations of disinteresting passages. 1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. X. 319 The attempt..produces on all the Disciples a similar disinteresting effect. 18.. The Studio III. 130 (Cent.) He rarely paints a disinteresting subject. |