"My feeling was that it was basically a matter of disinterest on their part.
"I'm old enough now to have lived through three or four waves of public interest and protest on American police brutality, followed by periods of disinterest as other issues have taken precedence," Stenvoll-Wells says.
Both those things, though, could have been taken as more evidence of disinterest toward women's issues, rather than active extremism.
In contrast, a glum or expressionless face projects an image of disinterest and boredom toward students and the learning subject.
"She seems to have set a new standard of disinterest.
Similar signs of disinterest bedeviled Republicans in other primary states.
Beatty, an Atlantic Monthly editor, makes no pretense of disinterest.
"It's not a question of disinterest or a lack of commitment".
At the same time, many moderates have quit voting out of disinterest.
Such an environment can create a culture of disinterest unless monetary handouts are involved.
