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Noun
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The meeting between Trump and Putin is further evidence of Trump’s indifference to Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, his war crimes, and his threat to our European allies.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Aug. 2025 -
Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the equal-weight S & P 500 tagged new highs this week before faltering a bit, a sign either of fatigue or late-summer indifference.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Winfrey attributes voter apathy to several uncontested races.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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Let his voice break through the noise of apathy and propaganda, reminding us all of our capacity for good.—
Mark Temnycky,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
Noun
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The Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs then assumed the initiative by denying Peru's disinterestedness, charging Peru with seeking to injure Chilean interests by her nitrate measures, and with keeping secret the treaty of alliance between Peru and Bolivia.—
Edwin M. Borchard,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Oct. 2011
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The first had to do with the principle of disinterestedness, which called for partisan politics to be kept out of scholarship and the classroom.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2021
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“Perfunctoriness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfunctoriness. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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