All 6 Uses of
indifferent
in
Tender is the Night
- "I suppose so," said Dick with deliberated indifference.†
Chpt 2.7
- As an indifference cherished, or left to atrophy, becomes an emptiness, to this extent he had learned to become empty of Nicole, serving her against his will with negations and emotional neglect.†
Chpt 2.11
- Lanier came in to watch his father shave—living beside a psychiatric clinic he had developed an extraordinary confidence in and admiration for his father, together with an exaggerated indifference toward most other adults; the patients appeared to him either in their odd aspects, or else as devitalized, over-correct creatures without personality.†
Chpt 2.14
- If it wasn't for the scandal we can—I shall see that your indifference to this matter is reported in the proper quarter.†
Chpt 2.23
- The most unhappy aspect of their relations was Dick's growing indifference,
Chpt 3.7 *indifference = lack of interest
- A troupe of fifty more swarmed after the first bicycle racers, strung out over two hundred yards; a few were smiling and self-conscious, a few obviously exhausted, most of them indifferent and weary.†
Chpt 3.11
Definition:
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(indifferent) without interestin various senses, including:
- unconcerned -- as in "She is indifferent to what is served to eat."
- unsympathetic -- as in "She is indifferent to his needs."
- not of good quality (which may imply average or poor quality depending upon context) -- as in "an indifferent performance"
- impartial -- as in "We need a judge who is indifferent."