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indifferent

adjective

1 indifferent

Marked by a lack of interest:
— The universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent.

synonym: apathetic.

Roget 456: incurious, uninquisitive, indifferent; impassive etc. 823; uninterested, detached, aloof.   

Roget 866: indifferent, cold, frigid, lukewarm; cool, cool as a cucumber; unconcerned, insouciant, phlegmatic, pococurante, easygoing, devil-may-care, careless, ... show more

Roget 823: insensible, unconscious; impassive, impassible; blind to, deaf to, dead to; unsusceptible, insusceptible; unimpressionable, unimpressible; passionless, spiritless, heartless, ... show more

Roget 603: unwilling; not in the vein, loth, loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed, averse, reluctant, not content; adverse etc. (opposed) ... show more

Polish: apatyczny

2 indifferent

Showing no care or concern in attitude or action.

Polish: indyferentny, stępiały, obojętny

3 indifferent

usually followed by `to' Unwilling or refusing to pay heed.

synonym: deaf.

4 indifferent

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: immaterial.

Roget 643: unimportant; of little account, of small account, of no account, of little importance, of no importance etc. 642; immaterial; unessential, nonessential; indifferent.    subordinate etc. ... show more

5 indifferent

Fairly poor to not very good.

6 indifferent

Having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive:
— An indifferent chemical in a reaction.

synonyms: inert, neutral.

Roget 609a: neutral, neuter; indifferent, uninterested; undecided etc. (irresolute) 605.   

Polish: obojętny, neutralny

7 indifferent

Marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another.

8 indifferent

Characterized by a lack of partiality:
— A properly indifferent jury.

synonyms: unbiased, unbiassed.

9 indifferent

Being neither good nor bad:
— An indifferent performance.
— A gifted painter but an indifferent actor.

synonym: so-so.

Roget 651: imperfect; not perfect etc. 650; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; ... show more

10 indifferent

Neither too great nor too little.


Moby thesaurus: Laodicean, Olympian, airy, aloof, apathetic, average, backward, balking, balky, benumbed, betwixt and between, blah, blase, bored, by-the-way, callous, careless, casual, centrist, chill ... show more.

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