Definition of indifference in English:

indifference

noun ɪnˈdɪf(ə)r(ə)nsɪnˈdɪf(ə)rəns

mass noun

1Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy.
she shrugged, feigning indifference
Example sentencesExamples
- Take that away, treat such feelings with indifference, even contempt, and recruitment will fall away.
- All concerned proceeded with general indifference to the constitutional issues involved.
- One can affect unawareness, feign indifference or summon up some other defense against such entreaties.
- There can be no excuse for such indifference and lack of care about how some prisoners are treated.
- One is the risk that an industry will gain a reputation of indifference to public interest.
- The issues of homelessness, lack of income and indifference to seeking medical care for the children continued.
- There is a fine line between maturity, sobriety and patience, and indifference, alienation and disgust.
- As best as he could, Thomas shrugged and his scowl gave way to feigned indifference.
- That is why it said that the opposite of love is not hate but indifference, our apathy to act, our coldness in commitment.
- I tried so hard to keep a straight face but I just couldn't I went from anger to frustration to fear to indifference.
- If international criticism or indifference does not arouse concern for how we look to others, what will?
- But behind the latest official displays of concern lie the same indifference for the plight of the Asian masses.
- Storeowners look to the suburbs with varying degrees of contempt, jealousy and indifference.
- As expected, responses varied widely from impassioned anger to passive indifference.
- People are not approaching them due to lack of education or indifference.
- They misunderstand the situation: the electorate is not sunk in passive indifference, it is disgusted and enraged.
- I ran menial errands, tasted everything, and feigned indifference towards the whole process.
- She yawned broadly, then, mustering up an utter lack of indifference, pointed straight ahead.
- The feeling of detached indifference had been soothing and he hated that it was slowly slipping away.
- He said he was frustrated by people's indifference and lack of interest in the work of the town council.
Synonyms
lack of concern about, unconcern about, apathy about/towards, nonchalance about, lack of interest in, disregard for, obliviousness to, uninvolvement in/with
heedlessness of, mindlessness of, carelessness of, dismissiveness of
boredom with, weariness of, unresponsiveness to, lack of enthusiasm about
impassiveness, impassivity, dispassionateness, aloofness, insouciance, detachment, distance, coldness, coolness, unresponsiveness, passionlessness, emotionlessness, lack of feeling, lack of sympathy, callousness
rare poco-curantism
1. 1.1 Unimportance.
  it cannot be regarded as a matter of indifference
  Example sentencesExamples
  Which side is winning is a matter of complete indifference to them.
  If their teachers do not seriously try to teach history, then they will be replicas of our generation for whom history is a matter of indifference.
  The difference between the sexes is no accident or matter of indifference.
  It is a matter of indifference as far as the Legal Aid is concerned.
  Mass-murder and suffering were a matter of indifference to them.
  Dutch public schools teach children to view the sexes as equal and to regard sexual orientation as a matter of indifference.
  What distinguishes them is not the nature of the fraud but the technical means by which it is perpetrated, and this is a matter of indifference in English law.
  What happens to the Russians, what happens to the Czechs, is a matter of utter indifference to me.
  That there is no scientific evidence to support these claims is a matter of indifference to those who believe them.
  It is not a matter of indifference to Scots how the English elect to run their education system.
  For the woman worker it is a matter of indifference who is the ‘master’ a man or a woman.
2Mediocrity.
the indifference of Chelsea's midfield
Synonyms
mediocrity, ordinariness, commonplaceness, lack of inspiration, passableness, adequacy
inferiority, lack of distinction, amateurism

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'being neither good nor bad'): from Latin indifferentia, from in- 'not' + different- 'differing, deferring' (from the verb differre).

Definition of indifference in US English:

indifference

nounɪnˈdɪf(ə)rənsinˈdif(ə)rəns

1Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy.
she shrugged, feigning indifference
Example sentencesExamples
- People are not approaching them due to lack of education or indifference.
- They misunderstand the situation: the electorate is not sunk in passive indifference, it is disgusted and enraged.
- The issues of homelessness, lack of income and indifference to seeking medical care for the children continued.
- She yawned broadly, then, mustering up an utter lack of indifference, pointed straight ahead.
- That is why it said that the opposite of love is not hate but indifference, our apathy to act, our coldness in commitment.
- He said he was frustrated by people's indifference and lack of interest in the work of the town council.
- Storeowners look to the suburbs with varying degrees of contempt, jealousy and indifference.
- One can affect unawareness, feign indifference or summon up some other defense against such entreaties.
- But behind the latest official displays of concern lie the same indifference for the plight of the Asian masses.
- All concerned proceeded with general indifference to the constitutional issues involved.
- I tried so hard to keep a straight face but I just couldn't I went from anger to frustration to fear to indifference.
- If international criticism or indifference does not arouse concern for how we look to others, what will?
- One is the risk that an industry will gain a reputation of indifference to public interest.
- Take that away, treat such feelings with indifference, even contempt, and recruitment will fall away.
- I ran menial errands, tasted everything, and feigned indifference towards the whole process.
- As best as he could, Thomas shrugged and his scowl gave way to feigned indifference.
- The feeling of detached indifference had been soothing and he hated that it was slowly slipping away.
- There can be no excuse for such indifference and lack of care about how some prisoners are treated.
- There is a fine line between maturity, sobriety and patience, and indifference, alienation and disgust.
- As expected, responses varied widely from impassioned anger to passive indifference.
Synonyms
lack of concern about, unconcern about, apathy about, apathy towards, nonchalance about, lack of interest in, disregard for, obliviousness to, uninvolvement in, uninvolvement with
1. 1.1 Unimportance.
  it cannot be regarded as a matter of indifference
  Example sentencesExamples
  What happens to the Russians, what happens to the Czechs, is a matter of utter indifference to me.
  If their teachers do not seriously try to teach history, then they will be replicas of our generation for whom history is a matter of indifference.
  Which side is winning is a matter of complete indifference to them.
  The difference between the sexes is no accident or matter of indifference.
  For the woman worker it is a matter of indifference who is the ‘master’ a man or a woman.
  It is a matter of indifference as far as the Legal Aid is concerned.
  Dutch public schools teach children to view the sexes as equal and to regard sexual orientation as a matter of indifference.
  Mass-murder and suffering were a matter of indifference to them.
  What distinguishes them is not the nature of the fraud but the technical means by which it is perpetrated, and this is a matter of indifference in English law.
  That there is no scientific evidence to support these claims is a matter of indifference to those who believe them.
  It is not a matter of indifference to Scots how the English elect to run their education system.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘being neither good nor bad’): from Latin indifferentia, from in- ‘not’ + different- ‘differing, deferring’ (from the verb differre).

单词	indifference
释义	Definition of indifference in English: indifference noun ɪnˈdɪf(ə)r(ə)nsɪnˈdɪf(ə)rəns mass noun 1Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy. she shrugged, feigning indifference Example sentencesExamples Take that away, treat such feelings with indifference, even contempt, and recruitment will fall away. All concerned proceeded with general indifference to the constitutional issues involved. One can affect unawareness, feign indifference or summon up some other defense against such entreaties. There can be no excuse for such indifference and lack of care about how some prisoners are treated. One is the risk that an industry will gain a reputation of indifference to public interest. The issues of homelessness, lack of income and indifference to seeking medical care for the children continued. There is a fine line between maturity, sobriety and patience, and indifference, alienation and disgust. As best as he could, Thomas shrugged and his scowl gave way to feigned indifference. That is why it said that the opposite of love is not hate but indifference, our apathy to act, our coldness in commitment. I tried so hard to keep a straight face but I just couldn't I went from anger to frustration to fear to indifference. If international criticism or indifference does not arouse concern for how we look to others, what will? But behind the latest official displays of concern lie the same indifference for the plight of the Asian masses. Storeowners look to the suburbs with varying degrees of contempt, jealousy and indifference. As expected, responses varied widely from impassioned anger to passive indifference. People are not approaching them due to lack of education or indifference. They misunderstand the situation: the electorate is not sunk in passive indifference, it is disgusted and enraged. I ran menial errands, tasted everything, and feigned indifference towards the whole process. She yawned broadly, then, mustering up an utter lack of indifference, pointed straight ahead. The feeling of detached indifference had been soothing and he hated that it was slowly slipping away. He said he was frustrated by people's indifference and lack of interest in the work of the town council. Synonyms lack of concern about, unconcern about, apathy about/towards, nonchalance about, lack of interest in, disregard for, obliviousness to, uninvolvement in/with heedlessness of, mindlessness of, carelessness of, dismissiveness of boredom with, weariness of, unresponsiveness to, lack of enthusiasm about impassiveness, impassivity, dispassionateness, aloofness, insouciance, detachment, distance, coldness, coolness, unresponsiveness, passionlessness, emotionlessness, lack of feeling, lack of sympathy, callousness rare poco-curantism 1.1 Unimportance. it cannot be regarded as a matter of indifference Example sentencesExamples Which side is winning is a matter of complete indifference to them. If their teachers do not seriously try to teach history, then they will be replicas of our generation for whom history is a matter of indifference. The difference between the sexes is no accident or matter of indifference. It is a matter of indifference as far as the Legal Aid is concerned. Mass-murder and suffering were a matter of indifference to them. Dutch public schools teach children to view the sexes as equal and to regard sexual orientation as a matter of indifference. What distinguishes them is not the nature of the fraud but the technical means by which it is perpetrated, and this is a matter of indifference in English law. What happens to the Russians, what happens to the Czechs, is a matter of utter indifference to me. That there is no scientific evidence to support these claims is a matter of indifference to those who believe them. It is not a matter of indifference to Scots how the English elect to run their education system. For the woman worker it is a matter of indifference who is the ‘master’ a man or a woman. 2Mediocrity. the indifference of Chelsea's midfield Synonyms mediocrity, ordinariness, commonplaceness, lack of inspiration, passableness, adequacy inferiority, lack of distinction, amateurism Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'being neither good nor bad'): from Latin indifferentia, from in- 'not' + different- 'differing, deferring' (from the verb differre). Definition of indifference in US English: indifference nounɪnˈdɪf(ə)rənsinˈdif(ə)rəns 1Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy. she shrugged, feigning indifference Example sentencesExamples People are not approaching them due to lack of education or indifference. They misunderstand the situation: the electorate is not sunk in passive indifference, it is disgusted and enraged. The issues of homelessness, lack of income and indifference to seeking medical care for the children continued. She yawned broadly, then, mustering up an utter lack of indifference, pointed straight ahead. That is why it said that the opposite of love is not hate but indifference, our apathy to act, our coldness in commitment. He said he was frustrated by people's indifference and lack of interest in the work of the town council. Storeowners look to the suburbs with varying degrees of contempt, jealousy and indifference. One can affect unawareness, feign indifference or summon up some other defense against such entreaties. But behind the latest official displays of concern lie the same indifference for the plight of the Asian masses. All concerned proceeded with general indifference to the constitutional issues involved. I tried so hard to keep a straight face but I just couldn't I went from anger to frustration to fear to indifference. If international criticism or indifference does not arouse concern for how we look to others, what will? One is the risk that an industry will gain a reputation of indifference to public interest. Take that away, treat such feelings with indifference, even contempt, and recruitment will fall away. I ran menial errands, tasted everything, and feigned indifference towards the whole process. As best as he could, Thomas shrugged and his scowl gave way to feigned indifference. The feeling of detached indifference had been soothing and he hated that it was slowly slipping away. There can be no excuse for such indifference and lack of care about how some prisoners are treated. There is a fine line between maturity, sobriety and patience, and indifference, alienation and disgust. As expected, responses varied widely from impassioned anger to passive indifference. Synonyms lack of concern about, unconcern about, apathy about, apathy towards, nonchalance about, lack of interest in, disregard for, obliviousness to, uninvolvement in, uninvolvement with 1.1 Unimportance. it cannot be regarded as a matter of indifference Example sentencesExamples What happens to the Russians, what happens to the Czechs, is a matter of utter indifference to me. If their teachers do not seriously try to teach history, then they will be replicas of our generation for whom history is a matter of indifference. Which side is winning is a matter of complete indifference to them. The difference between the sexes is no accident or matter of indifference. For the woman worker it is a matter of indifference who is the ‘master’ a man or a woman. It is a matter of indifference as far as the Legal Aid is concerned. Dutch public schools teach children to view the sexes as equal and to regard sexual orientation as a matter of indifference. Mass-murder and suffering were a matter of indifference to them. What distinguishes them is not the nature of the fraud but the technical means by which it is perpetrated, and this is a matter of indifference in English law. That there is no scientific evidence to support these claims is a matter of indifference to those who believe them. It is not a matter of indifference to Scots how the English elect to run their education system. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘being neither good nor bad’): from Latin indifferentia, from in- ‘not’ + different- ‘differing, deferring’ (from the verb differre).
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