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indifferent

/ɪnˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt/

noun

Meaning

  • A person who is indifferent or apathetic.

adjective

Meaning

  • Not caring or concerned; uninterested, apathetic.

    "He was indifferent to the proposal, since it didn’t affect him, either way."

  • Indicating or reflecting a lack of concern or care.

    "She responded with an indifferent shrug."

  • Mediocre (usually used negatively in modern usage).

    "The long distance and the indifferent roads made the journey impossible."

  • Having no preference or bias, being impartial.

    "I am indifferent between the two plans."

  • Not making a difference; without significance or importance.

    "Even if one appliance consumes an indifferent amount of energy when left on stand-by overnight, together they can represent 10% of the electricity demand of a household."

  • Being in the state of neutral equilibrium.

  • Not different, matching.

adverb

Meaning

  • To some extent, in some degree (intermediate between very and not at all); moderately, tolerably, fairly.

    "The face of the Moon appearing to me to be full of indifferent high mountains..."