indifference

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in·dif·fer·ence | \ in-ˈdi-fərn(t)s, -f(ə-)rən(t)s

Definition of indifference

1 : the quality, state, or fact of being indifferent

2a : absence of compulsion to or toward one thing or another

b archaic : lack of difference or distinction between two or more things

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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 on the Web What is offensive, however, is our liberal glitterati’s let-them-eat-cake indifference to the nation’s shop owners and wage earners. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Madame Speaker Gets a Haircut," 2 Sep. 2020 The city’s predominantly white police union, the St. Louis Police Officers Association, has shown nothing but indifference and contempt for these two victims of police brutality. — Redditt Hudson, The New Republic, "The Hell of Being a Black Cop," 31 Aug. 2020 Even as case numbers in poultry plants soared, pleas from workers and activists for basic safety measures were met with months of inaction and indifference from the government and meatpacking companies. — Heather Schlitz, USA TODAY, "Arkansas poultry plants hit hard by COVID-19. Hispanic workers are facing the worst of it.," 31 Aug. 2020 But Ivanka Trump has amassed power and personal profit in her shrewd ability to provide a cover for her father’s flirtations with white supremacy and indifference to the survival of regular Americans. — Jenny Singer, Glamour, "Ivanka Trump Is Trying To Rebrand Donald Trump as a #GirlDad. Girl, No.," 28 Aug. 2020 As Kerri Arsenault discovered during the making of her trenchant and aching new book, the science and practice of pollution control has been fraught with indecision, ineffectiveness, indifference and often overwhelming corporate influence. — Steve Paul, Star Tribune, "Review: 'Mill Town: Reckoning With What Remains,' by Kerri Arsenault," 28 Aug. 2020 What are we supposed to do about the history of inequity, violence and indifference in our world? — Linda Gandee, cleveland, "Avon Lake’s favorite daughter, Anne E. DeChant, debuts new song reflecting the times," 17 Aug. 2020 The Tonight Show host — taking a sharp turn from his days of wearing kid gloves with Trump, even infamously playing with the then-presidential candidate's hair on the show — expressed his disgust over Trump's indifference. — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, "Jimmy Fallon Skewers Trump's Coronavirus Death Toll Indifference in Axios Interview," 5 Aug. 2020 Efforts to reduce firearms deaths have been hindered not by community indifference but by a Congress afraid to cross the National Rifle Association and gun-rights supporters. — Shirley Carswell, Washington Post, "What the ‘black-on-black crime’ fallacy misses about race and gun deaths," 8 July 2020

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