as in disregard
lack of interest or concern
an alarming indifference toward the well-being of his own children
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Recent Examples of indifference
Literature’s loss of cultural authority is due in part to funding cuts, book bannings, and political attacks on higher education, but the overwhelming driver of its diminishment may be our own indifference.
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Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
But if the Russian government is resurrecting the ghosts of the Soviet past – and making life for ordinary Russians a whole lot more inconvenient – Putin himself is showing public indifference.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Something natural decay shares with human indifference and brutality—war, waste, and rot, literal and metaphorical.
—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres helped take the fight to Atletico Madrid on their own turf at the Metropolitano, but the Catalans had their own tale of Lady Luck’s indifference.
—Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
But if the Russian government is resurrecting the ghosts of the Soviet past – and making life for ordinary Russians a whole lot more inconvenient – Putin himself is showing public indifference.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Something natural decay shares with human indifference and brutality—war, waste, and rot, literal and metaphorical.
—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres helped take the fight to Atletico Madrid on their own turf at the Metropolitano, but the Catalans had their own tale of Lady Luck’s indifference.
—Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indifference
disregard
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There is total disregard for the truth and the dignity of The office of the President of the United States.—
Craig Jordan,
Hartford Courant,
29 Apr. 2026
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Moral rectitude, in some left-wing corners of the commentariat, is out; flagrant disregard of the social contract is in.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Indifference.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indifference. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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