Meaning & use
indifferent
Having no particular interest, concern, or sympathy regarding a situation or person.
See it in a sentence
He remained indifferent to the debate happening around him, scrolling through his phone instead.
Voters seemed largely indifferent to the scandal by the time the election arrived.
A note on using this word
Can also mean "mediocre," as in "an indifferent meal," a less common but useful secondary sense.
Words with a similar meaning
unconcernedapathetic
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Words with an opposite meaning
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Neither particularly good nor bad; mediocre.
The restaurant served an indifferent meal that left us unimpressed.
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