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English Dictionary: indifferent	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for indifferent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indifferent adj marked by a lack of interest; "an apathetic audience"; "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent" Synonym(s): apathetic, indifferent showing no care or concern in attitude or action; "indifferent to the sufferings of others"; "indifferent to her plea" (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; "deaf to her warnings" Synonym(s): deaf(p), indifferent(p) (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him" Synonym(s): immaterial, indifferent fairly poor to not very good; "has an indifferent singing voice"; "has indifferent qualifications for the job" having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction" Synonym(s): inert, indifferent, neutral marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another; "indifferent about which book you would give them"; "was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation" characterized by a lack of partiality; "a properly indifferent jury"; "an unbiasgoted account of her family problems" Synonym(s): indifferent, unbiased, unbiassed being neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French" Synonym(s): indifferent, so-so(p) neither too great nor too little; "a couple of indifferent hills to climb"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indifferent \Indif"ferent\, a. [F. indiff[82]rent, L. indifferens. See {In-} not, and {Different}.] 1. Not mal[?]ing a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance. Dangers are to me indifferent. --Shak. Everything in the world is indifferent but sin. --Jer. Taylor. His slightest and most indifferent acts . . . were odious in the clergyman's sight. --Hawthorne. 2. Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre. The staterooms are in indifferent order. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial. Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die. --Addison. 4. Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless; as, to be indifferent to the welfare of one's family. It was a law of Solon, that any person who, in the civil commotions of the republic, remained neuter, or an indifferent spectator of the contending parties, should be condemned to perpetual banishment. --Addison. 5. (Law) Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested. In choice of committees for ripening business for the counsel, it is better indifferent persons than to make an indifferency by putting in those that are strong on both sides. --Bacon. {Indifferent tissue} (Anat.), the primitive, embryonic, undifferentiated tissue, before conversion into connective, muscular, nervous, or other definite tissue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indifferent \Indif"ferent\, adv. To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably. [Obs.] [bd]News indifferent good.[b8] --Shak.