† unˈinteressed, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 8 -est.
[un-1 8.]
= uninterested ppl. a. 1 and 2.
| 1647 Digges Unlawf. Taking Arms iv. 158 None can be named, who are uninteressed in the decision. 1688 Norris Theory Love i. v. 58 Although there cannot be a pure and uninterressed Malice. 1702 tr. Le Clerc's Prim. Fathers 153 This is rather a Panegyrick than an uninterest History. |
Hence † unˈinteressedness. Obs.
| 1702 Eng. Theophrast. 360 'Tis the Motive only that gives Merit to our Actions, and Uninteressedness that makes them perfect. |