Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

disinterested

 

1) unbiased, impartial; 2) not interested, unconcerned, indifferent

 

Only conscientious auditing by disinterested accountants will prevent the recurrence of an Enron debacle.

 

Related English words: disinterest (indifference), disinterestedness

 

Latin root words: intersum, interesse, interfui, interfuturus - to be between; to make a difference; to be among; inter, prep. w/ acc. - between, among; sum, esse, fui, futurus - to be

 

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