Definitions for indifferent

Definitions for (adj) indifferent

Main entry: indifferent

Definition: showing no care or concern in attitude or action

Usage: indifferent to the sufferings of others; indifferent to her plea


Main entry: indifferent, deaf

Definition: (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed

Usage: deaf to her warnings


Main entry: immaterial, indifferent

Definition: (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other

Usage: whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent); what others think is altogether indifferent to him


Main entry: apathetic, indifferent

Definition: marked by a lack of interest

Usage: an apathetic audience; the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent


Main entry: indifferent

Definition: neither too great nor too little

Usage: a couple of indifferent hills to climb


Main entry: indifferent, so-so

Definition: being neither good nor bad

Usage: an indifferent performance; 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


Main entry: indifferent, unbiased, unbiassed

Definition: characterized by a lack of partiality

Usage: a properly indifferent jury; an unbiasgoted account of her family problems


Main entry: indifferent

Definition: marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another

Usage: indifferent about which book you would give them; was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation


Main entry: indifferent, inert, neutral

Definition: having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive

Usage: inert matter; an indifferent chemical in a reaction


Main entry: indifferent

Definition: fairly poor to not very good

Usage: has an indifferent singing voice; has indifferent qualifications for the job


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