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Indifferent   /ɪndˈɪfrənt/  /ɪndˈɪfərənt/   Listen
Indifferent

adjective
1.
Marked by a lack of interest.  Synonym: apathetic.  "The universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent"
2.
Showing no care or concern in attitude or action.  "Indifferent to her plea"
3.
(usually followed by 'to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed.  Synonym: deaf.
4.
(often followed by 'to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other.  Synonym: immaterial.  "What others think is altogether indifferent to him"
5.
Fairly poor to not very good.  "Has indifferent qualifications for the job"
6.
Having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive.  Synonyms: inert, neutral.  "An indifferent chemical in a reaction"
7.
Marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another.  "Was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation"
8.
Characterized by a lack of partiality.  Synonyms: unbiased, unbiassed.  "An unbiasgoted account of her family problems"
9.
Being neither good nor bad.  Synonym: so-so.  "A gifted painter but an indifferent actor" , "Her work at the office is passable" , "A so-so golfer" , "Feeling only so-so" , "Prepared a tolerable dinner" , "A tolerable working knowledge of French"
10.
Neither too great nor too little.





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"Indifferent" Quotes from Famous Books



... and Actions, which in their own Nature are indifferent, appear ridiculous when they proceed from a wrong Sex, the Faults and Imperfections of one Sex transplanted into another, appear black and monstrous. As for the Men, I shall not in this Paper any further concern my self about them: but as ...
— The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series • Joseph Addison and Richard Steele
... lament it now. Hence, I fear, arose a prejudice against the book. That writer who could attempt to palm off an inferior and immature production under cover of one successful effort, must indeed be unduly eager after the secondary and sordid result of authorship, and pitiably indifferent to its true and honourable meed. If reviewers and the public truly believed this, no wonder that they looked darkly ...
— Charlotte Bronte's Notes on the pseudonyms used • Charlotte Bronte
... had memory in common, but all other faculties were most unequally shared between them. Jekyll (who was composite) now with the most sensitive apprehensions, now with a greedy gusto, projected and shared in the pleasures and adventures of Hyde; but Hyde was indifferent to Jekyll, or but remembered him as the mountain bandit remembers the cavern in which he conceals himself from pursuit. Jekyll had more than a father's interest; Hyde had more than a son's indifference. To cast in my lot with Jekyll was to die to those appetites which I had long secretly indulged, ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... nunnery: why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious; with more offences at my beck than I have thoughts to put them ...
— Hamlet, Prince of Denmark • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]
... that, on a question of Greek accents or the thickness of cloths, equally instructed males and females would differ. Here sex plays no part. The experience and instructedness of the individuals would tell: their sexual attributes would be indifferent. ...
— Woman and Labour • Olive Schreiner


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