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I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.
Vagit Alekperov

Meaning of "indifferent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INDIFFERENT

From Latin indifferēns making no distinction.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INDIFFERENT

indifferent  [ɪnˈdɪfrənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDIFFERENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indifferent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INDIFFERENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Indifference

Indifference may refer to: ▪ Indifference or apathy, a psychological attitude ▪ Indifference, an episode of the television series Law & OrderIndifference, an episode of the television series The Walking Dead ▪ Indifference curve, in microeconomic theory, a graph describing consumer preferences ▪ Principle of indifference, in probability theory, a rule for assigning epistemic probabilities...

Definition of indifferent in the English dictionary

The first definition of indifferent in the dictionary is showing no care or concern; uninterested. Other definition of indifferent is unimportant; immaterial. Indifferent is also of only average or moderate size, extent, quality, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDIFFERENT


apparent
əˈpærənt
BitTorrent
ˈbɪtˌtɒrənt
coherent
kəʊˈhɪərənt
concurrent
kənˈkʌrənt
current
ˈkʌrənt
deodorant
diːˈəʊdərənt
different
ˈdɪfərənt
durant
ˈdjʊərənt
hydrant
ˈhaɪdrənt
ignorant
ˈɪɡnərənt
immigrant
ˈɪmɪɡrənt
inherent
ɪnˈhɪərənt
migrant
ˈmaɪɡrənt
parent
ˈpɛərənt
recurrent
rɪˈkʌrənt
tolerant
ˈtɒlərənt
torrent
ˈtɒrənt
transparent
trænsˈpærənt
vibrant
ˈvaɪbrənt
warrant
ˈwɒrənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDIFFERENT

indictional
indictment
indictor
indie
indie band
indie label
indie landfill
Indies
indifference
indifferency
indifferentism
indifferentist
indifferently
indigen
indigence
indigency
indigene
indigenisation
indigenise
indigenity

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDIFFERENT

adherent
afferent
belligerent
cobelligerent
deferent
efferent
equidifferent
for rent
gerent
incoherent
irreverent
nonbelligerent
noncoherent
referent
rent
rerent
reverent
unbelligerent
unreverent
vicegerent

Synonyms and antonyms of indifferent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INDIFFERENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «indifferent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of indifferent

Translation of «indifferent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDIFFERENT

Find out the translation of indifferent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of indifferent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indifferent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

漠不关心的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indiferente
570 millions of speakers

English

indifferent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उदासीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير مبال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

равнодушным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indiferente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উদাসীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indifférent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Acuh tak acuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gleichgültig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無関心な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무관심한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indifferent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô tư
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அலட்சிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उदासीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kayıtsız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indifferente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obojętny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

байдужим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indiferent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδιάφορος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onverskillig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

likgiltig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

likegyldig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indifferent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDIFFERENT»

The term «indifferent» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.534 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDIFFERENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «indifferent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «indifferent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indifferent

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10 QUOTES WITH «INDIFFERENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word indifferent.
1
Vagit Alekperov
I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.
2
Thomas Aquinas
Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.
3
Charles Babbage
The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.
4
Irving Babbitt
Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
5
Jerome Bruner
Stimuli, however, do not act upon an indifferent organism.
6
Warren E. Burger
Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.
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Jonathan Carroll
Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do then with these things that serve one function once or twice in a lifetime, and the rest of the time are just in the way?
8
J. M. Coetzee
Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
9
George Combe
The friends whom I have are invaluable, and although not numerous they are sufficient for my enjoyment; and the texture of my own mind renders me very indifferent to the rest of the world.
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Ivy Compton-Burnett
Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDIFFERENT»

Discover the use of indifferent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indifferent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal People and the Australian ...
McGregor's focus is on the quest for Aboriginal inclusion in the Australia nation; a task which dominated the Aboriginal agenda at the time. McGregor challenges existing scholarship and assumptions, particularly around assimilation.
Russell McGregor, 2011
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Indifferent Boundaries: Spatial Concepts of Human Subjectivity
A provocative and illuminating work, Indifferent Boundaries explores the ways that concepts of subjectivity are vitally grounded in metaphors of and assumptions about space.
Kathleen M. Kirby, 1996
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Indifferent
Neither a hero, nor a spineless cord, Mojag is someone that we all claim we are not. And Indifferent is a story so real that it can be touched."- The Indifferent Concept.
Branko Jovanovski, 2012
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The Indifferent Stars Above
Along the way, he weaves into the story revealing insights garnered from a variety of modern scientific perspectives–psychology, physiology, forensics, and archaeology–producing a tale that is not only spell-binding but richly ...
Daniel James Brown, 2009
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The Titanic and the Indifferent Stranger
Why was the wireless operator not awakened? Could the Californian have saved anyone? And why is this story, neglecting the ethical controversy surrounding salvage, the single most divisive issue in the Titanic research community?
Paul Lee, 2009
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The Mind on Fire: Faith for the Skeptical and Indifferent
This collection of writings by 17th-century mathematician Pascal, considered the "first intellectual Christian," contains his Penses, a systematic and uncompromising defense of Christian belief, along with more personal works.
Blaise Pascal, James M. Houston, 2006
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Two Lips, Indifferent Red
Kipp Llewellyn would rather follow his dreams than toe the family line, so instead of the support of his wealthy family, he has estrangement and a part-time job with Hunter, an in-demand interior designer.
Tinnean, 2013
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Indifferent Optics, But Love's Protest
The thesis discusses photography, habit, memory, nature, death, and the anecdote as a genre.
Greg Wilken, 2006
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The Nature of Value: Axiological Investigations
Extreme Views of Attitudes toward the Indifferent In addition to first-order likings and dislikings, there are also what may be referred to as first-order "indifferences" . Just as the object of a first- order liking or disliking is something liked or disliked  ...
Ramon M. Lemos, 1995
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The case of indifferent things used in the worship of God, ...
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John Williams (bp. of Chichester.), 1683

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDIFFERENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indifferent is used in the context of the following news items.
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WMN Letters: MPs 'indifferent' to vulnerable children | Western …
We would like to thank all those people who have contacted us by phone, letter and email following the broadcast of Channel 4's Dispatches: ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
2
Many Christians indifferent to Jesus' command - Albuquerque Journal
So said a troubled rabbi named Jesus 2,000 years ago in his Last Supper with his disciples. Shortly afterward he was captured, tortured and ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
3
EUR/USD indifferent on ECB decision - FXstreet.com
FXStreet (Edinburgh) - The European currency kept the composure after the ECB decision today, with EUR/USD meandering around the ... «FXStreet, Jul 15»
4
IMA indifferent to our issues, say Telangana doctors
Senior doctors, representing a host of organisations from Telangana, have come together to form Telangana Doctors Forum (TDF) as a ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
5
A year on, Ukrainian villagers recall horrors of MH17 crash …
"Whether there will be a tribunal or any other official results of the investigation, I have to admit I am already quite indifferent to this story," he ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Brandy Norwood Sings On A NYC Subway To Awkwardly Indifferent
Brandy Norwood Sings On A NYC Subway To Awkwardly Indifferent Audience. By: Lacy Langley - July 15, 2015. Brandy sings in subway, no one notices. «WebProNews, Jul 15»
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PayPal Is Happy, Monitise Is Sad And Consumers Are Indifferent
Between the Greek government's reenactment of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” by threatening loudly to breakup with the euro (and realizing no ... «PYMNTS.com, Jul 15»
8
Inside the Ku Klux Klan review – armed to the teeth, burning with …
... the teeth, motivated by twisted logic and chillingly indifferent to evils perpetrated by fellow racists. While Vernon was filming his documentary, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Average, clean-ish, indifferent staff.
Been here twice in five years, the food is O.K., but there are better places. The service is pretty slow and our waitress was quite rude...not ... «The Beijinger, Jul 15»
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In an Indifferent Toronto, the Pan-Am Games Land With a Thud
TORONTO — The new mayor is excited about his city's big moment in the spotlight, but hardly anyone else seems to be. After six years of ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

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