verb/desentenˈdeɾse/
to not want to have anything to do with, wash one's hands of
“No es que se desentiendan o pretendan adoptar una posición neutral, sino que el mensaje que transmiten es que no interesa, ni desde los valores ni desde los intereses nacionales.” — It's not that they disengage or try to be neutral, but that they give off a sense of disinterest, neither in the values nor in the national interests.
Synonyms: desconocer