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[Vocabulary] To be not interested/Not to interest

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Mr.Lucky_One

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Someone tells me something that I don't want to listen to, because I don't find it interesting or useful for me.
How to express this better, "I am not interested" or "It doesn't interest me"?
 

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Someone tells me something that I don't want to listen to, because I don't find it interesting or useful for me.
How can I express this better, "I am not interested" or "It doesn't interest me"?

Both your suggestions are fine.

Rover
 

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"I am not interested"
Shouldn't we include the preposition in? I am not interested in listening, for example. I think that "I am not interested" isn't a complete thought. You are interested in what? There is something missing. The reader will be left in doubt.
 

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Shouldn't we include the preposition in? I am not interested in listening, for example. I think that "I am not interested" isn't a complete thought. You are interested in what? There is something missing. The reader will be left in doubt.
No, 'I am not interested' is normal and natural.
 
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