Indifferent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having no particular interest or concern; apathetic: indifferent to the sufferings of others.
  • adj. Having no marked feeling for or against: She remained indifferent toward their proposal.
  • adj. Not mattering one way or the other: It's indifferent to me which outfit you choose.
  • adj. Characterized by a lack of partiality; unbiased: an indifferent judge.
  • adj. Being neither too much nor too little; moderate.
  • adj. Being neither good nor bad; mediocre: an indifferent performance. See Synonyms at average.
  • adj. Being neither right nor wrong.
  • adj. Not active or involved; neutral: an indifferent chemical in a reaction.
  • adj. Biology Undifferentiated, as cells or tissue.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Not caring or concerned; uninterested, apathetic.
  • adj. Mediocre, usually used negatively in modern usage.
  • adj. Having no preference or bias, being impartial.
  • adj. Not significant in size or amount, immaterial.
  • adj. Being in the state of neutral equilibrium.
  • ad. To some extent, in some degree (intermediate between very and not at all); moderately, tolerably, fairly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not making a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance.
  • adj. Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre.
  • adj. Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial.
  • adj. Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless.
  • adj. Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested.
  • ad. To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Without difference of inclination; not preferring one person or thing to another; neutral; impartial; unbiased; disinterested: as, an indifferent judge, juror, or arbitrator.
  • Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care; unconcerned; apathetic: as, a man indifferent to his eternal welfare.
  • Not making a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; immaterial; of no account: as, it is indifferent which road we take.
  • Regarded without difference of feeling; not exciting special interest; uninteresting.
  • Falling short of any standard of excellence; of common or mediocre quality or kind; only passable or tolerable; ordinary.
  • In biology, undifferentiated; primitive; common; not specialized.
  • n. One who is indifferent or apathetic.
  • n. That which is indifferent or an object of indifference; that which affords no decisive ground of choice.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
  • adj. being neither good nor bad
  • adj. marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another
  • adj. fairly poor to not very good
  • adj. characterized by a lack of partiality
  • adj. neither too great nor too little
  • adj. (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other
  • adj. showing no care or concern in attitude or action
  • adj. marked by a lack of interest
  • adj. (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed
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