Disinterested vs Supine - What's the difference?
disinterested | supine |
Having no stake or interest in the outcome; free of bias, impartial.
* 1791 , (James Boswell), Life of Samuel Johnson :
* 1919 , , :
*2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 220:
*:People are better off abjuring violence, if everyone else agrees to do so, and vesting authority in a disinterested third party.
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Uninterested, lacking interest.
* 1684 , Contempl. State of Man I. x
* 1936 , (Djuna Barnes), Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 43:
* 1967 , Tommy Frazer, The Sun (Baltimore), "A 'Doctor' Of Karate", March 27
Lying on its back, reclined
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Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
* Dryden
Negligent; heedless; listless; lethargic; indifferent.
* Woodward
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Passive
* 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press: 1973, page 34,
As adjectives the difference between disinterested and supine
is that disinterested is having no stake or interest in the outcome; free of bias, impartial while supine is lying on its back, reclined.As a noun supine is
(grammar) a type of verbal noun.disinterested
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Sir, you have a right to that kind of respect, and are arguing for yourself. I am supporting the principle, and am disinterested in doing it, as I have no such right.
- With his disinterested passion for art, he had a real desire to call the attention of the wise to a talent which was in the highest degree original; [...]
- How dis-interested are they in all Worldly matters, since they fling their Wealth and Riches into the Sea.
- Robin took to wandering again, to intermittent travel from which she came back hours, days later, disinterested .
- Those spotted are usually taught so slowly that they grow disinterested and quit.
Usage notes
*Leading authorities consider usage of this word with the meaning of uninterested acceptable,References
supine
English
(wikipedia supine)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Christmas queen Mary Berry's aubergine five-nut roast, from her Christmas Collection, is, as the name suggests, rather more focused on the nut side of things. Breadcrumbs play second fiddle to a medley of almonds, Brazils, chestnuts, pine nuts and pistachios which, although tangy with lemon juice and garlic, is outrageously dense. A single slice of this could leave you supine in front of the Queen's speech without even the wherewithal to reach for the remote control.}}
- If the vine / On rising ground be placed, or hills supine .
- He became pusillanimous and supine , and openly exposed to any temptation.
- Nothing, therefore, can be more contrary than such a philosophy to the supine indolence of the mind.