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
The camera lingers on Linda as the assessment sinks in, her teary-eyed embarrassment quickly tempered into polite, but shaky, indifference.
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Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
In his homily, Leo framed Christmas as a call to recognize human fragility and respond with care rather than indifference, repeatedly returning to the theme of peace as something already present but easily ignored.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 25 Dec. 2025
In his first Christmas Day message, Pope Leo XIV on Thursday urged people to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, including migrants who cross into America for a better future, according to an Associated Press report.
—Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
This Trumpian newspeak about Germany — to use George Orwell’s term for the distorted terminology of authoritarians — reveals an indifference to (or ignorance of) history that endangers not only Europe but the United States.
—Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
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Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
In his homily, Leo framed Christmas as a call to recognize human fragility and respond with care rather than indifference, repeatedly returning to the theme of peace as something already present but easily ignored.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 25 Dec. 2025
In his first Christmas Day message, Pope Leo XIV on Thursday urged people to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, including migrants who cross into America for a better future, according to an Associated Press report.
—Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
This Trumpian newspeak about Germany — to use George Orwell’s term for the distorted terminology of authoritarians — reveals an indifference to (or ignorance of) history that endangers not only Europe but the United States.
—Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indifference
disregard
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What your boyfriend did was inconsiderate and underhanded and showed disregard for your feelings.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The letter details other claims of favoritism and disregard for recent board directives to curb spending, like attempting to hire for vacant positions and authorizing overtime expenditures despite the hiring and overtime freeze enacted in the board approved fiscal solvency plan.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Indifference.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indifference. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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