All 8 Uses of
indifferent
in
Sula
- The two black soldiers, who had been watching the scene with what appeared to be indifference, now looked stricken.†
Chpt 1920 *
- The people either accepted his own evaluation of his life, or were indifferent to it.†
Chpt 1921
- There was, however, a measure of contempt in their indifference, for they had little patience with people who took themselves that seriously.†
Chpt 1921
- Nel's indifference to his hints about marriage disappeared altogether when she discovered his pain.†
Chpt 1927
- He was the five-year-old son of an indifferent mother, all of whose interests sat around the door of the Time and a Half Pool Hall.†
Chpt 1939
- On such occasions Ajax stood, along with the crowd, and viewed the fighters with the same golden-eyed indifference with which he watched old men playing checkers.†
Chpt 1939
- Her elusiveness and indifference to established habits of behavior reminded him of his mother, who was as stubborn in her pursuits of the occult as the women of Greater Saint Matthew's were in the search for redeeming grace.†
Chpt 1939
- Ajax smiled at her delicious indifference.†
Chpt 1939
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."