indifferent
without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
having no bias, prejudice, or preference; impartial; disinterested.
neither good nor bad in character or quality; average; routine: an indifferent specimen.
not particularly good, important, etc.; unremarkable; unnotable: an indifferent success; an indifferent performance.
of only moderate amount, extent, etc.
not making a difference, or mattering, one way or the other.
immaterial or unimportant.
not essential or obligatory, as an observance.
making no difference or distinction, as between persons or things: indifferent justice.
neutral in chemical, electric, or magnetic quality.
Biology. not differentiated or specialized, as cells or tissues.
an ethically or morally indifferent act.
a person who is indifferent, especially in matters of religion or politics.
Archaic. indifferently: I am indifferent well.
Origin of indifferent
1Other words for indifferent
Other words from indifferent
- in·dif·fer·ent·ly, adverb
- qua·si-in·dif·fer·ent, adjective
- qua·si-in·dif·fer·ent·ly, adverb
- su·per·in·dif·fer·ent, adjective
- su·per·in·dif·fer·ent·ly, adverb
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How to use indifferent in a sentence
Americans who are indifferent to the risk posed by the virus would be unlikely to embrace such a reintroduction.
The administration hoped its new mask guidance would stoke vaccinations. It doesn’t seem to have worked. | Philip Bump | July 22, 2021 | Washington PostIf he’s that indifferent to that perilous dynamic right after Justice Ginsburg’s disastrous choice to not retire, presidential arm-twisting probably won’t do much good.
SCOTUS Watchers Freak Out Over Breyer’s ‘Selfish’ and ‘Dangerous’ Decision to Stay Put | Scott Bixby | July 9, 2021 | The Daily BeastOthers may be disillusioned, frustrated and even afraid, but nobody should feel indifferent.
After years of being mostly indifferent to podcasts, the world’s tech platforms — as well as the largest terrestrial radio broadcasters — have grown interested in them as they battle on every front of the digital ad market.
I, on the other hand, am an indifferent cook whose dinner parties have become legendary for how awful they were.
Miss Manners: Aunt feels left out of distant event | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | June 25, 2021 | Washington Post
However, as she feared, The Bell Jar appeared to indifferent notices and the launch—which Ted attended—was rather low-key.
The immigrants can stay, because they are victims of indifferent authorities just like we are.
In Rome’s Riots, Cries for Mussolini and Attacks on Refugees | Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBecause we have so little skin in the game, it seems that the public is indifferent.
Communist-era clerks were famously rude and indifferent, because they had no motive to make people happy.
Yet, according to the complaint, Berger was “deliberately indifferent” to these allegations against Gibney.
Is UMass-Amherst Biased Against Male Students in Title IX Assault Cases? | Emily Shire | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe reformers of the earlier period were not indifferent to the need for centralized organization in the banking system.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsShe stabbed him, noting the effect upon him with a detached interest that seemed indifferent to his pain.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThus arrayed I fixed myself on the porch, to be smoking my pipe in a careless, indifferent way when she came.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson Lloydindifferent health, for he was delicate too, was one of the bonds between us.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowI have elsewhere spoken of the indifferent figure made by most Englishmen at public speaking.
Glances at Europe | Horace Greeley
British Dictionary definitions for indifferent
/ (ɪnˈdɪfrənt, -fərənt) /
(often foll by to) showing no care or concern; uninterested: he was indifferent to my pleas
unimportant; immaterial
of only average or moderate size, extent, quality, etc
not at all good; poor
showing or having no preferences; impartial
biology
(of cells or tissues) not differentiated or specialized
(of a species) not found in any particular community
Origin of indifferent
1Derived forms of indifferent
- indifferently, adverb
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