All 5 Uses
indifferent
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Winesburg, Ohio - by Sherwood Anderson
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- This indifference would not have surprised him; it certainly should not surprise anyone who reads his book.†
Chpt Intr. *indifference = without interest
- Seeing their indifference the father became angry.†
Chpt 7
- Your indifference to education is affecting your characters.†
Chpt 7
- His feet also were cold and he sat on the log by the fire, grateful for the warmth and apparently indifferent to what Elmer had to say.†
Chpt 17
- There they stood in the big empty field with the quiet corn shocks standing in rows behind them and the red and yellow hills in the distance, and from being just two indifferent workmen they had become all alive to each other.†
Chpt 18
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)