INDIFFERENT

indifferent

(adjective) showing no care or concern in attitude or action; “indifferent to the sufferings of others”; “indifferent to her plea”

indifferent, deaf(p)

(adjective) (usually followed by ‘to’) unwilling or refusing to pay heed; “deaf to her warnings”

immaterial, indifferent

(adjective) (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”

apathetic, indifferent

(adjective) marked by a lack of interest; “an apathetic audience”; “the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent”

indifferent

(adjective) neither too great nor too little; “a couple of indifferent hills to climb”

indifferent, so-so

(adjective) 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”

indifferent, unbiased, unbiassed

(adjective) characterized by a lack of partiality; “a properly indifferent jury”; “an unbiased account of her family problems”

indifferent

(adjective) 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”

inert, indifferent, neutral

(adjective) having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; “inert matter”; “an indifferent chemical in a reaction”

indifferent

(adjective) fairly poor to not very good; “has an indifferent singing voice”; “has indifferent qualifications for the job”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

indifferent (comparative more indifferent, superlative most indifferent)

Not caring or concerned; uninterested, apathetic.

Indicating or reflecting a lack of concern or care.

Mediocre (usually used negatively in modern usage).

Having no preference or bias, being impartial.

Not making a difference; without significance or importance.

(mechanics) Being in the state of neutral equilibrium.

(obsolete) Not different, matching.

Noun

indifferent (plural indifferents)

A person who is indifferent or apathetic.

Adverb

indifferent

(obsolete) To some extent, in some degree (intermediate between very and not at all); moderately, tolerably, fairly.

Usage notes

• Now obsolete, but very common c. 1600-1730.

Source: Wiktionary

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In*dif"fer*ent, a. Etym: [F. indifférent, L. indifferens. See In- not, and Different.]

1. Not mal 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)

Definition: 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.

In*dif"fer*ent, adv.

Definition: To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably. [Obs.] "News indifferent good." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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