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indifferent

adjective (NOT INTERESTED)
 
 
/ɪnˈdɪf.ər.ənt/ /-rənt/ US  /-ɚ-/

Definition

C2 not thinking about or interested in someone or something: Why don't you vote - how can you be so indifferent (to what is going on)! He found it very hard teaching a class full of indifferent teenagers.Lacking interest and enthusiasmUnwilling and reluctantNot showing or feeling emotions indifferently
 
 
/-li/ adverb
She shrugged indifferently.Quite good, or not very goodSuitable and acceptableLacking interest and enthusiasmUnwilling and reluctantNot showing or feeling emotions
(Definition of indifferent adjective (NOT INTERESTED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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