All 14 Uses of
indifferent
in
Great Expectations
- I had never thought of being ashamed of my hands before; but I began to consider them a very indifferent pair.†
p. 62.6indifferent = without interest
- As she was (very bad handwriting apart) a more than indifferent speller, and as Joe was a more than indifferent reader, extraordinary complications arose between them which I was always called in to solve.†
p. 129.9
- As she was (very bad handwriting apart) a more than indifferent speller, and as Joe was a more than indifferent reader, extraordinary complications arose between them which I was always called in to solve.†
p. 129.9
- My guardian threw his supplicant off with supreme indifference, and left him dancing on the pavement as if it were red hot.†
p. 176.2
- Mr. Pocket had invested the Prince's treasure in the ways of the world ever since, and it was supposed to have brought him in but indifferent interest.†
p. 198.7
- If he had shown indifference as a master, I have no doubt I should have returned the compliment as a pupil; he gave me no such excuse, and each of us did the other justice.†
p. 206.8
- Her graceful figure and her beautiful face expressed a self-possessed indifference to the wild heat of the other, that was almost cruel.†
p. 324.5
- "What?" said Estella, preserving her attitude of indifference as she leaned against the great chimney-piece and only moving her eyes; "do you reproach me for being cold?†
p. 324.6
- "It is quite true," she replied, referring to him with the indifference of utter contempt.
p. 384.7 *
- As to the quantity of wine, his post-office was as indifferent and ready as any other post-office for its quantity of letters.†
p. 415.3
- It had seemed to me, in the many anxious considerations I had given the point, almost indifferent what port we made for,—Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp,—the place signified little, so that he was out of England.†
p. 444.7
- Too indifferent at first, even to look round and ascertain who supported me, I was lying looking at the ladder, when there came between me and it a face.†
p. 457.9
- He was not indifferent, for he told me that he hoped to live to see his gentleman one of the best of gentlemen in a foreign country; he was not disposed to be passive or resigned, as I understood it; but he had no notion of meeting danger half way.†
p. 465.0
- The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.†
p. 504.4
Definition:
without interest
in 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."