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Definition
without interest
in 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."
- Jimmy said this indifferently: bad plan for him to show too much interest in any woman, in the presence of Crake: oblique mockery would follow.p. 309.2
- He was annoyed with himself for jabbering and capering, while Crake gave him brief, indifferent glances, and that one-sided demismile.p. 72.9
- "It's food," said Crake indifferently.p. 201.6
- The pain of the raw torn places, the damaged membranes where he'd whanged up against the Great Indifference of the Universe.p. 260.2
There are no more uses of "indifferent" in Oryx and Crake.
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