indifferent

adjective · noun · adverbB2

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Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
more indifferent
Superlative
most indifferent
  1. 1.

    Ambivalent; unconcerned; uninterested, apathetic.

    He was indifferent to the proposal, since it didn’t affect him, either way.

    Đồng nghĩa: insouciant, nonchalant, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless, dispassionate, dull, enervated, gallionic, halfhearted, heartless, impassive, ineffervescible, insouciant, indifferent, insensible, jaded, languid, languorous, Laodicean, lethargic, listless, lackadaisical, lotophagous, lukewarm, meh, mopey, nonchalant, nonplussed, otiose, phlegmatic, pococurante, spiritless, supine, tepid, torpid, torpedinous, unaroused, uncaring, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unimpressible, uninterested, unlively, unmoved, untouched, unzealous, world-weary

  2. 2.

    Indicating or reflecting a lack of concern or care.

    She responded with an indifferent shrug.

    Đồng nghĩa: laid-back, pococurante, airy, at ease, at peace, carefree, careless, casual, chill, cool, devil-may-care, easy-breezy, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, indifferent, insouciant, laid-back, leisurely, lighthearted, loose, mellow, nonchalant, pococurante, relaxed, serene, solute, tranquil, unanxious, unbothered, unconcerned, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled, unworried, wanton

  3. 3.

    Mediocre (usually used negatively in modern usage).

    The long distance and the indifferent roads made the journey impossible.

    The Blue Jays' performance has been indifferent this season.

    Đồng nghĩa: lackluster, ordinary, average, comme ci comme ça, crappy, decent, indifferent, lackluster, meh, mediocre, mid, middling, no great shakes, nothing to write home about, not worth writing home about, okayish, ordinary, pedestrian, unexceptional, uninspiring, shitty, so-so, tolerable, whatever

  4. 4.

    Having no preference.

    I am indifferent between the two plans.

  5. 5.

    (dated)Unbiased, impartial, judging fairly.

    Đồng nghĩa: objective, unbiased, candid, cold, clinical, detached, egal, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fairhanded, fair-minded, disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, imprejudicate, indifferent, indistinguishing, neuter, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartial, nonpartisan, nonpersonal, objective, unbiased, unbigoted, uninterested, unpartial, unpartisan, unprejudiced, unprepossessed

  6. 6.

    Not making a difference; without significance or importance.

    Even if one appliance consumes an indifferent amount of energy when left on stand-by overnight, together they can represent 10% of the electricity demand of a household.

    Đồng nghĩa: negligible, unimportant, base, contemptible, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, foolish, for the birds, futile, frivolous, idle, ignorable, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, insignificant, like a fart in a windstorm, meager, mean, minor, miserable, negligible, nothingburger, nondescript, null, paltry, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, piddly, pissant, pissass, piteous, pitiful, pointless, silly, simple, slight, ticky-tacky, tin-pot, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unimportant, unweighty, vain, worthless, wretched

  7. 7.

    (mechanics) Being in the state of neutral equilibrium.

  8. 8.

    (obsolete)Not different; matching.

    Đồng nghĩa: identical, undifferentiated, identical, indifferent, nondifferent, one and the same, self, selfsame, undifferent, undifferentiated

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
indifferents
  1. 1.

    A person who is indifferent or apathetic.

Trạng từ

adverb
  1. 1.

    (obsolete)To some extent, in some degree (intermediate between very and not at all); moderately, tolerably, fairly.

    The face of the Moon appearing to me to be full of indifferent high mountains.

    Đồng nghĩa: acceptably, adequately, averagely, fairly, halfway, in a way, indifferent, mackly, moderately, middlesome, middling, middlingly, not quite, partially, passably, quite, rather, reasonably, somewhat, somewhatly, sufficiently, tolerably

  2. 2.

    (obsolete)Without distinction or preference for some over others.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From fro indifferent, from la indifferens. in- different.

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