All 4 Uses of
indifferent
in
Beloved
- The patience of her mother and grandmother in its presence made her indifferent to it.†
Part 1
- Anything is better than the silence when she answered to hands gesturing and was indifferent to the movement of lips.†
Part 1
- If there had been sadness in her eyes he would have understood it; but indifference lodged where sadness should have been.†
Part 2
- ...listening in the dark for groans of life in the indifferent silence of the dead.
Part 3 *indifferent = unconcerned (showing no interest)
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."