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as in numbness
a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness
the apathy of the people of that war-torn country comes from their having seen too many horrors
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as in disregard
lack of interest or concern
her poor grades are proof enough of her apathy concerning all matters academic
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Recent Examples of apathy
Many sport-governance failures stem not from apathy but ardent facilitators untempered by oversight.
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Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Unlike during the 2024 election, when Democrats were concerned about voter apathy, the special election suggests the party is energized heading into next year.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2025
For their part, the Duffers never reached that point of apathy.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Instead of anger, there is a sense of overwhelm and apathy at the scale and the ubiquity of online risks.
—Erin Nicholson, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2025
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Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Unlike during the 2024 election, when Democrats were concerned about voter apathy, the special election suggests the party is energized heading into next year.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2025
For their part, the Duffers never reached that point of apathy.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Instead of anger, there is a sense of overwhelm and apathy at the scale and the ubiquity of online risks.
—Erin Nicholson, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apathy
Noun
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Other symptoms include numbness, tingling, or burning around the site of injury.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
4 Nov. 2025
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For those of us privileged to be at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Saturday, and surely to many of the millions who watched from afar, the numbness from Game 7 has not worn off.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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For these workers, JLL continued, non-compliance is often driven by personal constraints rather than a dislike of the office itself (or a disregard for all the free food).—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 Jan. 2026
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The operation is less a challenge to international law than an instance of total disregard for it.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2026
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Filed in May 2023, the Schuck family’s lawsuit accused jail staff of negligence and deliberate indifference to their son’s medical needs.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
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When companies back away from inclusion, audiences interpret it as indifference.—
Kimberly S. Reed,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The boy jerks his head as if to wake himself, turns around abruptly and looks the other way, even though there’s nothing special to see besides darkness and emptiness, which is where a living eye should never look.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Grogan isn’t alone in feeling the emptiness that can follow a massive milestone.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Those sacs of air fill with fluid or pus, causing a cough with phlegm or pus, fever, chills and trouble breathing, according to the clinic.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
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With just enough codeine to wash the phlegm away, Veeze folds slapstick one-liners into audacious flexes like origami.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Apathy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apathy. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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