lack of interest

• “The economy was growing, despite de Gaulle's notorious lack of interest in the fine points of economics.”

  1968 the Year that Rocked the World

• “What mystified him was Koko's lack of interest and cooperation.”

  The Cat Who Came To Breakfast

• “His mother, Olympias, was so worried about Alexander’s apparent lack of interest in girls that she procured for him the services of a beautiful Thracian prostitute named Callixeina in hopes of sparking his interest, but to no avail.”

  Simon & Schuster: Alexander the Great

• “Composers are usually strongly emotional, inspired in all that pertains to their art, but with a specialist's lack of interest in everything else.”

  The Loves of Great Composers

• “Although that could easily be explained by Doyle’s chronic lack of interest in such details — he was forever giving Holmes some piece of key evidence that, under scrutiny, was nonsensical.””

  The Beekeeper's Apprentice

• “For some distance, the grounds on either hand the road were part of the old gentleman's farm; and many a remark was exchanged between him and Fleda, as to the excellence or hopefulness of this or that crop or piece of soil; Fleda entering into all his enthusiasm, and reasoning of clover leys and cockle, and the proper harvesting of Indian corn, and other like matters, with no lack of interest or intelligence.”

  Queechy

• “The man went ballistic when he heard you talking about the DA’s office’s lack of interest in Sheila Morgan’s homicide.”

  Simon & Schuster: Street Judge

• “She suspected that Kirk’s sudden lack of interest had to do with his proximity to Monica Lynne.”

  Simon & Schuster: Starfleet Academy: The Edge

• “The GSA’s plan was to create a campus of federal office buildings, but due to lack of funds, and a lack of interest on the part of federal agencies, only the Department of Transportation headquarters was built.”

  Simon & Schuster: Makeshift Metropolis

• “She told them about Fargus’s appearance in her garden, her tumble through the shed, the Institute, Stairway Ruth and Kitchen Maggie, and the encounter with the Brothers, and she also told them about her father, his gloves, and his total lack of interest in her.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Lost Children

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