Definition of indifference
1 : the quality, state, or fact of being indifferent
2a archaic : lack of difference or distinction between two or more thingsb : absence of compulsion to or toward one thing or another
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Examples of indifference in a Sentence
She was amazed that some people could watch the trial with indifference.
She watched them with a cool indifference.
Recent Examples of indifference from the Web
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Here, the firing of James Comey arouses not support or opposition, but rather, indifference.
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Raised amid violence, drugs, crime and too often parental indifference, the children of Las Vegas Trail fall into a high-risk category for abuse and neglect — a pattern that threatens a continuation of the cycle for another generation.
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Striving desperately for notice, affecting not to try at all, enduring the sting of humiliation at the public’s indifference.
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Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May v. Labour's Jeremy Corbyn seems to be arousing widespread indifference by comparison.
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Puigdemont, who spent decades as a journalist before entering politics, is versed in the contrast between this domestic contentiousness and foreign indifference.
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Mother Helen (Susan Moniz) endures her husband’s obsessions and romantic indifference, though not without considerable pain.
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His indifference to your plight clearly illustrates why the Family & Medical Leave Act was created.
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Elff’s ever-changing sound sculpture, to be featured through Jan. 31, addresses our collective indifference toward music.
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First Known Use of indifference
15th century
INDIFFERENCE Defined for English Language Learners
indifference
playDefinition of indifference for English Language Learners
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: lack of interest in or concern about something : an indifferent attitude or feeling
INDIFFERENCE Defined for Kids
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: lack of interest or concern He treated the matter with indifference.
Medical Dictionary
indifference
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: the quality, state, or fact of being indifferent a schizophrenic reaction accompanied by apathy and indifference
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