All 3 Uses
indifferent
in
Winter Dreams
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- She had treated him with interest, with encouragement, with malice, with indifference, with contempt.†
p. 11.8indifference = without interest
- She had done everything to him except to criticise him—this she had not done— it seemed to him only because it might have sullied the utter indifference she manifested and sincerely felt toward him.†
p. 12.1
- He was completely indifferent to popular opinion.
p. 16.4 *indifferent = unconcerned (without interest)
Definitions:
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(1)
(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."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)