Meaning

8 senses
  1. Ambivalent; unconcerned; uninterested, apathetic.

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

  2. Indicating or reflecting a lack of concern or care.

    She responded with an indifferent shrug.

    showing no care or concern in attitude or action

  3. Mediocre (usually used negatively in modern usage).

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

    The Blue Jays' performance has been indifferent this season.

    посре́дственныйposrédstvennyj

  4. Having no preference.

    I am indifferent between the two plans.

  5. (dated)Unbiased, impartial, judging fairly.

    fairly poor to not very good

  6. 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.

  7. Being in the state of neutral equilibrium.

  8. (obsolete)Not different; matching.

Examples

104 sentences
  1. He seems to be indifferent to politics.

    Він, здається, байдужий до політики. — deniko

    dePolitik scheint ihm gleichgültig zu sein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. My husband is indifferent to his clothes.

  3. Lots of people in Japan are indifferent to politics.

    ruМногие люди в Японии равнодушны к политике. — odexed

  4. Tom seemed indifferent.

  5. Tom is indifferent.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
not caring:
Русский
By meaning 2
not caring:
mediocre, usually used negatively:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
not caring:

Origin

From Old French indifferent, from Latin indifferens. By surface analysis, in- + different.

From Old French indifferent, from Latin indifferens. By surface analysis, in- + different.

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Forms

more indifferent, most indifferent
Comparativemore indifferent Lesson
Superlativemost indifferent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

184 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • being neither good nor bad:so-so
  • characterized by a lack of partiality:unbiasedunbiassed
  • (usually followed by ‘to’) unwilling or refusing to pay heed:deaf
  • (often followed by ‘to’) lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other:immaterial
  • marked by a lack of interest:apathetic
  • having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive:inertneutral

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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