indifferent

Plural: indifferents

Adjective Satellite

• marked by a lack of interest
  • "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply 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
• (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"
• 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
  • "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"
• 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"
• being neither good nor bad
  • "an indifferent performance"
  • "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"
• neither too great nor too little
  • "a couple of indifferent hills to climb"

Adj

• Ambivalent; unconcerned; uninterested, apathetic.
• Indicating or reflecting a lack of concern or care.
• Mediocre (usually used negatively in modern usage).
• Having no preference.
• Unbiased, impartial, judging fairly.
• Not making a difference; without significance or importance.
• Being in the state of neutral equilibrium.
• Not different, matching.

Noun

• A person who is indifferent or apathetic.

Adv

• To some extent, in some degree (intermediate between very and not at all); moderately, tolerably, fairly.
• Without distinction or preference for some over others.

Examples

• Even if one appliance consumes an indifferent amount of energy when left on stand-by overnight, together they can represent 10% of the electricity demand of a household.
• He was indifferent to the proposal, since it didn’t affect him, either way.
• I am indifferent between the two plans.
• She responded with an indifferent shrug.
• The Blue Jays' performance has been indifferent this season.
• The face of the Moon appearing to me to be full of indifferent high mountains.
• The long distance and the indifferent roads made the journey impossible.

Synonyms

apathetic, deaf, immaterial, inert, neutral, so-so, unbiased, unbiassed, Laodicean, acceptably, adequately, adiaphroistic, airy, apathistical, at ease, average, averagely, base, blasé, candid, carefree, careless, casual, chill, clinical, cold, comme ci comme ça, contemptible, cool, detached, devil-may-care, disinterested, dispassionate, dull, easy-breezy, easygoing, egal, enervated, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair-minded, fairhanded, fairly, foolish, for the birds, frivolous, futile, gallionic, halfhearted, halfway, happy-go-lucky, heartless, identical, idle, ignorable, impartial, impassive, imprejudicate, in a way, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, indistinguishing, ineffervescible, insensible, insignificant, insouciant, jaded, lackadaisical, lackluster, laid-back, languid, languorous, leisurely, lethargic, lighthearted, like a fart in a windstorm, listless, loose, lotophagous, lukewarm, mackly, meager, mean, mediocre, meh, mellow, mid, middlesome, middling, middlingly, minor, moderately, mopey, negligible, neuter, no great shakes, nonaligned, nonchalant, nondescript, nondifferent, nonpartial, nonpartisan, nonpersonal, nonplussed, not quite, not worth writing home about, nothing to write home about, nothingburger, objective, okayish, one and the same, ordinary, paltry, partially, passably, pedestrian, petty, phlegmatic, picayune, picayunish, piddly, pissant, pitiful, pococurante, pointless, quite, rather, reasonably, relaxed, self, selfsame, serene, shiftless, silly, simple, slight, solute, somewhat, somewhatly, spiritless, sufficiently, supine, tepid, tin-pot, tolerably, torpedinous, torpid, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unanxious, unaroused, unbigoted, unbothered, uncaring, unconcerned, undifferent, undifferentiated, unenthusiastic, unexceptional, unimportant, unimpressible, uninspiring, uninterested, unlively, unmoved, unpartial, unpartisan, unprejudiced, unprepossessed, untouched, unweighty, unworried, unzealous, vain, wanton, world-weary, worthless, wretched

Related Words

indifference, indifferency, indifferentism, indifferently

Anagrams of indifferent