as in indifference
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Noun
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Fortunately, the bear’s indifference is aided in part by responsible wildlife viewing.—
Susan Portnoy,
AFAR Media,
3 Oct. 2025 -
In public, Mark Kerr speaks amiably about his trainer turned rival and even takes him along for a rowdy impromptu meet-and-greet, but the lack of friction comes off less as a sign of his unflappability than of Safdie’s indifference to probing a friendship beyond buddy-comedy depth.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The floor spattered with boredom and apathy.—
Zuzana Říhová,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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Disengagement is rarely born out of mere apathy.—
Eyal Benishti,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The news anchors maintained a posture of disinterestedness.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2023
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Both knew the artistic value of reserve, of disinterestedness.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
8 Nov. 2019
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“Perfunctoriness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfunctoriness. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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