All 11 Uses
indifferent
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The Infinite Sea
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- But the dry, lithe stalks consumed by fire turned to ash, and at sunset, a stiff northerly wind swept over the prairie and lifted the ash into the sky and carried it hundreds of miles before the ash came down, a gray and black snow, to settle indifferently on barren ground.†
p. v.9indifferently = in a manner that is without interest
- A bird perched on a tree branch above him, a crow, regarding him with regal indifference.†
p. 71.2 *indifference = without interest
- She was studying him with the same haughty indifference as the crow.†
p. 72.1
- Give someone the power of the gods and he will become as indifferent as the gods.†
p. 81.1
- The tiger remained regally indifferent to the attention.†
p. 87.3
- Covered in scabs and bruises and open sores and layers of dirt and grime, whittled down to her bones by the horrible cruelty of indifference and the brutal indifference of cruelty, she was one of us and she was all of us.†
p. 135.1
- Covered in scabs and bruises and open sores and layers of dirt and grime, whittled down to her bones by the horrible cruelty of indifference and the brutal indifference of cruelty, she was one of us and she was all of us.†
p. 135.1
- Vosch leans against the sink, watching me with bright, flinty eyes glittering, like the crows' in the woods on the day I shot Teacup, curious but curiously indifferent, and then I understand that Vosch is right: The answer to their arrival is not rage.†
p. 215.3
- The soulless indifference of the shark's eye.†
p. 215.5
- Indifference.†
p. 239.1
- Alex turns his head toward the doorway, beyond which the dead are borne toward the indifferent sky.†
p. 289.4
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)