Indifferent vs. Indifference — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Indifferent and Indifference
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Indifferent
Having no particular interest or concern; apathetic
A person who is indifferent to the sufferings of others.
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Indifference
Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy
She shrugged, feigning indifference
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Indifferent
Having no marked feeling for or against
She remained indifferent toward their proposal.
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Indifference
Mediocrity
The indifference of Chelsea's midfield
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Indifferent
Not mattering one way or the other; unimportant; immaterial
It's indifferent which outfit you choose.
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Indifference
The state or quality of being indifferent.
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Indifferent
Characterized by a lack of partiality; unbiased
An indifferent judge.
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Indifference
The state of being indifferent.
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Indifferent
Being neither too much nor too little; moderate
"Specialist rectifiers ... raised brandies of indifferent strength to the desired strength by further distillations" (L.M. Cullen).
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Indifference
Unbiased impartiality.
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Indifferent
Being neither good nor bad; mediocre
An indifferent performance.
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Indifference
Unemotional apathy.
His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she was even human.
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Indifferent
Not active or involved; neutral
An indifferent chemical in a reaction.
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Indifference
A lack of enthusiasm.
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Indifferent
(Biology) Undifferentiated, as cells or tissue.
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Indifference
Unconcerned nonchalance.
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Indifferent
Ambivalent; unconcerned; uninterested, apathetic.
He was indifferent to the proposal, since it didn’t affect him, either way.
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Indifference
(philosophy) Self-identity defined through the negation of difference, non-difference.
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Indifferent
Indicating or reflecting a lack of concern or care.
She responded with an indifferent shrug.
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Indifference
The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; lack of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance.
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Indifferent
Mediocre (usually used negatively in modern usage).
The long distance and the indifferent roads made the journey impossible.
The performance of Blue Jays has been indifferent this season.
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Indifference
Passableness; mediocrity.
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Indifferent
Having no preference.
I am indifferent between the two plans.
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Indifference
Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias.
He . . . is far from such indifference and equity as ought and must be in judges which he saith I assign.
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Indifferent
(dated) Unbiased, impartial, judging fairly.
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Indifference
Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs.
Indifference can not but be criminal, when it is conversant about objects which are so far from being of an indifferent nature, that they are highest importance.
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Indifferent
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.
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Indifference
Unbiased impartial unconcern
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Indifferent
(mechanics) Being in the state of neutral equilibrium.
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Indifference
Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
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Indifferent
(obsolete) Not different, matching.
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Indifference
The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
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Indifferent
A person who is indifferent or apathetic.
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Indifference
The trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
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Indifferent
(obsolete) 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.
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Indifferent
(obsolete) Without distinction or preference for some over others.
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Indifferent
Not making a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance.
Dangers are to me indifferent.
Everything in the world is indifferent but sin.
His slightest and most indifferent acts . . . were odious in the clergyman's sight.
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Indifferent
Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre.
The staterooms are in indifferent order.
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Indifferent
Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial.
Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die.
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Indifferent
Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless; as, to be indifferent to the welfare of one's family.
It was a law of Solon, that any person who, in the civil commotions of the republic, remained neuter, or an indifferent spectator of the contending parties, should be condemned to perpetual banishment.
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Indifferent
Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested.
In choice of committees for ripening business for the counsel, it is better to choose indifferent persons than to make an indifferency by putting in those that are strong on both sides.
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Indifferent
To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably.
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Indifferent
Marked by a lack of interest;
An apathetic audience
The universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent
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Indifferent
Showing no care or concern in attitude or action;
Indifferent to the sufferings of others
Indifferent to her plea
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Indifferent
(usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed;
Deaf to her warnings
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Indifferent
(often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other;
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
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Indifferent
Fairly poor to not very good;
Has an indifferent singing voice
Has indifferent qualifications for the job
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Indifferent
Having only a limited ability to react chemically; not active;
Inert matter
An indifferent chemical in a reaction
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Indifferent
Marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another;
Indifferent about which book you would give them
Was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation
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Indifferent
Characterized by a lack of partiality;
A properly indifferent jury
An unbiased account of her family problems
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Indifferent
Neither good nor bad;
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
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Indifferent
Neither too great nor too little;
A couple of indifferent hills to climb
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