All 11 Uses of
indifferent
in
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- His restraint, his courtesy, his indifference, all of which pushed her into fantasy.†
Chpt 1
- And heard as well her shouts when the baby, who they had believed was dead also, inched its way headfirst out of a still, silent, and indifferent cave of flesh, dragging her own cord and her own afterbirth behind her.†
Chpt 1
- Guitar stopped feigning indifference.†
Chpt 2
- Everything he did at home was met with quiet understanding from his mother and his sisters (or indifference and criticism from his father).†
Chpt 3
- The women in the wine house were indifferent to nothing and understood nothing.†
Chpt 3
- Annoyed by Milkman's indifference, he relieved his agitation by straightening up the room.†
Chpt 5
- She toyed, sometimes, with her unsucked breasts, but at some point her lethargy dissipated of its own accord and in its place was wilderness, the focused meanness of a flood or an avalanche of snow which only observers, flying in a rescue helicopter, believed to be an indifferent natural phenomenon, but which the victims, in their last gulp of breath, knew was both directed and personal.†
Chpt 5
- One wholly dependent on money for life, the other indifferent to it.†
Chpt 5
- They are as indifferent as rain.
Chpt 6 *indifferent = unsympathetic or unconcerned
- Except for women, whom they liked to win with charm but keep with indifference.†
Chpt 8
- Guitar had accused him of selfishness and indifference; told him he wasn't serious, and didn't have any fellow feeling—none whatsoever.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
-
(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."