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Definition of Indifferent

1. Adjective. Marked by a lack of interest. "The universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent"

2. Adjective. Showing no care or concern in attitude or action. "Indifferent to her plea"

3. Adjective. (usually followed by 'to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed. "Deaf to her warnings"

4. Adjective. (often followed by 'to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other. "What others think is altogether indifferent to him"

5. Adjective. Fairly poor to not very good. "Has indifferent qualifications for the job"

6. Adjective. Having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive. "An indifferent chemical in a reaction"

7. Adjective. Marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another. "Was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation"

8. Adjective. Characterized by a lack of partiality. "An unbiasgoted account of her family problems"

9. Adjective. Being neither good nor bad. "A tolerable working knowledge of French"

10. Adjective. Neither too great nor too little. "A couple of indifferent hills to climb"

Definition of Indifferent

1. a. Not making a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance.

2. adv. To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably.

Definition of Indifferent

1. Adjective. Not caring or concerned; uninterested, apathetic. ¹

2. Adjective. Mediocre, usually used negatively in modern usage. ¹

3. Adjective. Having no preference or bias, being impartial. ¹

4. Adjective. Not significant in size or amount, immaterial. ¹

5. Adjective. (mechanics) Being in the state of neutral equilibrium. ¹

6. Adverb. (obsolete) To some extent, in some degree (intermediate between ''very'' and ''not at all''); moderately, tolerably, fairly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Indifferent

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Indifferent

1. 1. Not maling a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance. "Dangers are to me indifferent." (Shak) "Everything in the world is indifferent but sin." (Jer. Taylor) "His slightest and most indifferent acts . . . Were odious in the clergyman's sight." (Hawthorne) 2. Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre. "The staterooms are in indifferent order." (Sir W. Scott) 3. Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial. "Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die." (Addison) 4. Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless; as, to be indifferent to the welfare of one's family. "It was a law of Solon, that any person who, in the civil commotions of the republic, remained neuter, or an indifferent spectator of the contending parties, should be condemned to perpetual banishment." (Addison) 5. Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested. "In choice of committees for ripening business for the counsel, it is better indifferent persons than to make an indifferency by putting in those that are strong on both sides. " (Bacon) Indifferent tissue, the primitive, embryonic, undifferentiated tissue, before conversion into connective, muscular, nervous, or other definite tissue. Origin: F. Indifferent, L. Indifferens. See In- not, and Different. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indifferent

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indifference curves indifferences indifferencies indifferency indifferent indifferent(p) indifferent cell indifferent electrode indifferent oxide indifferent tissue

indifferent water indifferentiability indifferentiable indifferentism indifferentisms indifferentist indifferentists

Literary usage of Indifferent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"ю Indifferent - - - - • 15 14 Good Nile - - .- - - • *5 I5 Inundations that hurt fome lands - - - 18 17 Very good - - - - - -17 16 In Omar's time, ..."

2. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... however, Frederick managed to procure an indifferent cabriolet, which, for the sum of sixty francs, without taking into account the price of a drink for ..."

3. An Essay Concerning the Human Understanding by John Locke (1813)
"Fair testimony and the nature of the thing indifferent, pro* duce also Confident belief. ... indifferent ..."

4. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1830)
"... affinity between all things that are truly laudable and beautiful, from the highest sentiment of the soul to the most indifferent gesture of the body. ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"They cannot tell what I have lost,' she said ; but she was not indifferent to the mighty outburst of compassion. Personal sympathy with her in her ..."

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