EGAVE

indifferent

About 6.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Ambivalent; unconcerned; uninterested, apathetic.
    He was indifferent to the proposal, since it didn’t affect him, either way.
  2. adjective Indicating or reflecting a lack of concern or care.
    She responded with an indifferent shrug.
  3. adjective Mediocre (usually used negatively in modern usage).
    The long distance and the indifferent roads made the journey impossible.
  4. adjective Having no preference.
    I am indifferent between the two plans.
  5. adjective Unbiased, impartial, judging fairly.
  6. adjective 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. adjective Being in the state of neutral equilibrium.
  8. adjective Not different; matching.

Similar words

uninterested unconcerned apathetic immaterial unheeding heedless thoughtless inert so-so unbiased

Often followed by

to and or as about between in success whether

Word family

indifferently

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