indifferent
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4.4
- adjective
- /ɪnˈdɪfərənt/
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indiferente
- Most of the time, he was indifferent to the Church and its rulings.
- remain indifferent
- seem indifferent
- appear indifferent
To become indifferent is to not stop being you.
- To become indifferent is to not stop being you.
- Love me or hate me, but don't feel indifferent about me, right?
- Would it be fair to say you're just totally indifferent to the Russian Ukraine situation?
- One day, and this is a good day, you become indifferent to your narcissist.
- But I don't think that England's leaders and population were indifferent to that question, right?
- Make the INS an agency that isn't mean, cruel, and indifferent.
- Is it how cool and indifferent you are?
- I'll ask you right now, do you like, hate, or are you indifferent to the smell of microwave popcorn?
- Are they concerned about ensuring that I'm on board, or are they indifferent to my reaction?
- Well, I think the interesting part is that that behaviour often comes off as cold or indifferent to the person on the other end.
- But the idea that I, you know, maybe it's true, maybe it's false, I'm kind of indifferent.
- And you cannot be indifferent toward those concerns and you cannot tell them that an issue like, like abortion Trump's those concerns.
- Why would you be indifferent or unaware or wilfully unaware of what has been done in Afghanistan, which is not a small matter?
Examples
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Even before I met you... I was far from indifferent to you.
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Their space is ordered by a political system that is indifferent, if not hostile, to them.
Academic text (1991) -
To become indifferent is to not stop being you.
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All the things that make you indifferent toward God, we're going to write those things down.
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-I just... sometimes I was just... indifferent about it, I guess.
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Well, I think the interesting part is that that behaviour often comes off as cold or indifferent to the person on the other end.
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Are they concerned about ensuring that I'm on board, or are they indifferent to my reaction?
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She seems so indifferent sometimes.
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They might just be indifferent and really really don't care.
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The students were indifferent to the proposed changes in the school curriculum, showing no interest either way.
Synonyms
27
5.5
A person who is not affected by personal feelings and shows little emotion
24
6.8
Not showing much interest or energy
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3.5
Not wanting to know about or take part in something
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3.9
Not worried or showing little interest
16
4.4
Not showing much interest or excitement
14
5.9
Not showing sympathy or care for other people's feelings
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7.1
Not showing any feeling on the face or in the voice
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5.5
Not showing feelings on the face or in the voice
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4.4
Not showing strong feelings
10
4.9
Not answering or showing interest when someone asks
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5.1
Not showing strong feelings or any visible reaction
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4.9
Not feeling sorry for someone or caring about their problems
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3.9
Not showing much interest or excitement
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3.9
Not changed or harmed by something and not showing strong feeling
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7.3
Does not notice or care about things that upset other people
1
9.9
Being calm and not worried about things
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5.3
Not showing excitement or interest
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4.4
Not showing emotion about what happens
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9.3
A person who shows no emotion in the face or voice
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9.9
Having no feeling in body or mind and no pity
Not showing any emotion on the face
Antonyms
How Interested
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Indifferent comes from the parts in- 'not' and different 'different', so think 'not different' in feeling; a helpful image is someone who shows no change in their face. That's why indifferent can mean not caring or emotionally unmoved.