单词 | indifferent |
释义 | indifferent/ɪnˈdɪf(ə)r(ə)nt /adjective 1Having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned: he gave an indifferent shrug most workers were indifferent to foreign affairs...
Synonyms unconcerned about, apathetic about/towards, uncaring about, casual about, nonchalant about, offhand about, uninterested in, uninvolved in/with; heedless of, mindless of, careless of, regardless of, oblivious to; reckless about, cavalier about, frivolous about, dismissive of; unimpressed by, bored by, weary of, unmoved by, unresponsive to, lukewarm about, unenthusiastic about, phlegmatic about; impassive, dispassionate, aloof, insouciant, detached, distant, cold, cool, unresponsive, passionless, unemotional, emotionless, unmoved, unfeeling, unsympathetic, callous rare pococurante 2Neither good nor bad; mediocre: a pair of indifferent watercolours...
Synonyms mediocre, ordinary, commonplace, average, middle-of-the-road, middling, medium, moderate, everyday, workaday, tolerable, passable, adequate, fair; inferior, second-rate, uninspired, undistinguished, unexceptional, unexciting, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, not very good, pedestrian, prosaic, lacklustre, forgettable, amateur, amateurish informal OK, so-so, bog-standard, fair-to-middling, (plain) vanilla, nothing to write home about, no great shakes, not so hot, not up to much New Zealand informal half-pie 2.1Not good; fairly bad: in spite of very indifferent weather...
Derivativesindifferently
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'having no partiality for or against'): via Old French from Latin indifferent- 'not making any difference', from in- 'not' + different- 'differing' (see different). |
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