indifferent

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=dif=fer=ent
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses) (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

indifferent, a. [F. indifférent, L. indifferens. See In- not, and Different.].

•  Not making a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance.  [1913 Webster]

  "Dangers are to me indifferent."  [1913 Webster]

  "Everything in the world is indifferent but sin."  [1913 Webster]

  "His slightest and most indifferent acts . . . were odious in the clergyman's sight."  [1913 Webster]
•  Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre.  [1913 Webster]

  "The staterooms are in indifferent order."  [1913 Webster]
•  Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial.  [1913 Webster]

  "Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die."  [1913 Webster]
•  Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless; as, to be indifferent to the welfare of one's family.  [1913 Webster]

  "It was a law of Solon, that any person who, in the civil commotions of the republic, remained neuter, or an indifferent spectator of the contending parties, should be condemned to perpetual banishment."  [1913 Webster]
•  Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested.  [1913 Webster]

  "In choice of committees for ripening business for the counsel, it is better to choose indifferent persons than to make an indifferency by putting in those that are strong on both sides."  [1913 Webster]

Indifferent tissue (Anat.), the primitive, embryonic, undifferentiated tissue, before conversion into connective, muscular, nervous, or other definite tissue.

indifferent, adv. 

 To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

indifferent, adj.
1 neither good nor bad; average, mediocre.
2 a not especially good. b fairly bad.
3 (often prec. by very) decidedly inferior.
4 (foll. by to) having no partiality for or against; having no interest in or sympathy for.
5 chemically, magnetically, etc., neutral.

Derivative

indifferently adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF indifferent or L indifferens (as IN-(1), DIFFERENT)

DEVIL DICTIONARY

indifferent

adj. Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things.

"You tiresome man!" cried Indolentio's wife,
"You've grown indifferent to all in life."
"Indifferent?" he drawled with a slow smile;
"I would be, dear, but it is not worth while."
Apuleius M. Gokul

THESAURUS

indifferent

Laodicean, Olympian, airy, aloof, apathetic, average, backward, balking, balky, benumbed, betwixt and between, blah, blase, bored, by-the-way, callous, careless, casual, centrist, chill, cold, comatose, commonplace, cool, cursory, dead, degage, desensitized, detached, devil-may-care, dilatory, dilute, diluted, disinterested, dispassionate, disregardant, disregardful, distant, distracted, distrait, dull, easy, easygoing, emotionless, equitable, even, evenhanded, everyday, fade, fair, fair to middling, fairish, fervorless, fifty-fifty, flat, flavorless, flippant, forgetful, free and easy, frigid, glacial, grudging, gruelly, half-and-half, halfhearted, heartless, hebetudinous, heedless, hopeless, icy, immaterial, impartial, impassive, impersonal, impotent, imprecise, in a stupor, inadvertent, inane, inappreciable, inattentive, inconsequential, inconsiderate, incurious, independent, indevotional, indevout, indifferentist, inferior, inobservant, insensible, insensitive, insignificant, insipid, insouciant, intermediate, jejune, just, lackadaisical, lackluster, laggard, languid, lax, lazy, lenient, lethargic, lightweight, listless, loath, loose, lukewarm, mean, mediocre, medium, middling, midway, mild, milk-and-water, mindless, minor, moderate, modest, namby-pamby, negligent, neuter, neutral, nonaligned, nonchalant, noncommitted, nonobservant, nonpartisan, nonreligious, not bad, nugatory, numb, numbed, objective, oblivious, of a kind, of a sort, of sorts, offhand, on the fence, ordinary, overindulgent, overpermissive, pappy, passable, passive, perfunctory, permissive, phlegmatic, pluckless, pococurante, poor, pulpy, reckless, regardless, relaxed, reluctant, remiss, remote, removed, renitent, resigned, respectable, respectless, restive, sapless, savorless, slack, slight, slipshod, sloppy, slow, slow to, sluggish, so so, so-so, soft, soporific, spiceless, spiritless, spunkless, stale, stoic, stolid, stupefied, supine, tactless, tasteless, tedious, tepid, thin, third-force, third-world, thoughtless, tolerable, torpid, trifling, trivial, unbiased, uncaring, uncommitted, uncompassionate, unconcerned, undazzled, undevout, undiplomatic, undistinguished, undutiful, unemotional, unenthusiastic, unfeeling, unflavored, unheedful, unheeding, unimportant, uninfluenced, uninquiring, uninspired, uninterested, uninvolved, unjaundiced, unmarking, unmindful, unnoticing, unnoting, unobservant, unobserving, unprejudiced, unprepared, unprepossessed, unready, unreligious, unremarking, unrestrained, unsavory, unsolicitous, unswayed, unsympathetic, untactful, unthinking, unzealous, vapid, washy, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, wishy-washy, withdrawn, zealless

ROGET THESAURUS

indifferent

Unwillingness

N unwillingness, indisposition, indisposedness, disinclination, aversation, nolleity, nolition, renitence, renitency, reluctance, indifference, backwardness, slowness, want of alacrity, want of readiness, indocility, scrupulousness, scrupulosity, qualms of conscience, twinge of conscience, delicacy, demur, scruple, qualm, shrinking, recoil, hesitation, fastidiousness, averseness, dissent, refusal, unwilling, not in the vein, loth, loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed, averse, reluctant, not content, adverse, laggard, backward, remiss, slack, slow to, indifferent, scrupulous, squeamish, repugnant, restiff, restive, demurring, unconsenting, involuntary, unwillingly, grudgingly, with a heavy heart, with a bad, with an ill grace, against one's wishes, against one's will, against the grain, sore against one's wishes, sore against one's will, sore against one's grain, invita Minerva, a contre caeur, malgre soi, in spite of one's teeth, in spite of oneself, nolens volens, perforce, under protest, no, not for the world, far be it from me.

Absence of Choice

N absence of choice, no choice, Hobson's choice, first come first served, random selection, necessity, not a pin to choose, any, the first that comes, that or nothing, neutrality, indifference, indecision, arbitrariness, coercion (compulsion), neutral, neuter, indifferent, uninterested, undecided, either, who cares?, what difference does it make?, There's not a dime's worth of difference between t.

Unimportance

N unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality, triviality, levity, frivolity, paltriness, poverty, smallness, vanity, matter of indifference, no object, nothing, nothing to signify, nothing worth speaking of, nothing particular, nothing to boast of, nothing to speak of, small matter, no great matter, trifling matter, mere joke, mere nothing, hardly anything, scarcely anything, nonentity, small beer, cipher, no great shakes, peu de chose, child's play, kinderspiel, toy, plaything, popgun, paper pellet, gimcrack, gewgaw, bauble, trinket, bagatelle, Rickshaw, knickknack, whim-wham, trifle, trifles light as air, yankee notions, trumpery, trash, rubbish, stuff, fatras, frippery, leather or prunello, chaff, drug, froth bubble smoke, cobweb, weed, refuse, scum, joke, jest, snap of the fingers, fudge, fiddlestick, fiddlestick end, pack of nonsense, mere farce, straw, pin, fig, button, rush, bulrush, feather, halfpenny, farthing, brass farthing, doit, peppercorn, jot, rap, pinch of snuff, old son, cent, mill, picayune, pistareen, red cent, minutiae, details, minor details, small fry, dust in the balance, feather in the scale, drop in the ocean, flea-bite, molehill, nine days' wonder, ridiculus mus, flash in the pan, much ado about nothing, unimportant, of little account, of small account, of no account, of little importance, of no importance, immaterial, unessential, nonessential, indifferent, subordinate, mediocre, passable, fair, respectable, tolerable, commonplace, uneventful, mere, common, ordinary, inconsiderable, so-so, insignificant, inappreciable, trifling, trivial, slight, slender, light, flimsy, frothy, idle, puerile, airy, shallow, weak, powerless, frivolous, petty, niggling, piddling, peddling, fribble, inane, ridiculous, farcical, finical, finikin, fiddle-faddle, fingle-fangle, namby-pamby, wishy-washy, milk and water, poor, paltry, pitiful, contemptible, sorry, mean, meager, shabby, miserable, wretched, vile, scrubby, scrannel, weedy, niggardly, scurvy, putid, beggarly, worthless, twopennyhalfpenny, cheap, trashy, catchpenny, gimcrack, trumpery, one- horse, not worth the pains, not worth while, not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of, not worth a thought, not worth a curse, not worth a straw, beneath notice, unworthy of notice, beneath regard, unworthy of regard, beneath consideration, unworthy of consideration, de lana caprina, vain, slightly, rather, somewhat, pretty well, tolerably, for aught one cares, Int, no matter!, pish!, tush!, tut!, pshaw!, pugh!, pooh, pooh-pooh!, fudge!, bosh!, humbug!, fiddlestick, fiddlestick end!, fiddlededee!, never mind!, n'importe!, what signifies it, what boots it, what of it, what of that, what matter, what's the odds, a fig for', stuff!, nonsense!, stuff and nonsense, magno conatu magnas nugas, le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle, it matters not, it does not signify, it is of no consequence, it is of no importance, elephantus non capit murem, tempete dans un verre d'eau.

Imperfection

N imperfection, imperfectness, deficiency, inadequacy, peccancy, immaturity, fault, defect, weak point, screw loose, flaw, gap, twist, taint, attainder, bar sinister, hole in one's coat, blemish, weakness, half blood, shortcoming, drawback, seamy side, mediocrity, no great shakes, no great catch, not much to boast of, one-horse shay, imperfect, not perfect, deficient, defective, faulty, unsound, tainted, out of order, out of tune, cracked, leaky, sprung, warped, lame, injured, peccant, frail, inadequate, crude, incomplete, found wanting, below par, short-handed, below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement, indifferent, middling, ordinary, mediocre, average, so-so, coucicouci, milk and water, tolerable, fair, passable, pretty well, pretty good, rather good, moderately good, good, good enough, well enough, adequate, decent, not bad, not amiss, inobjectionable, unobjectionable, admissible, bearable, only better than nothing, secondary, inferior, second-rate, second-best, one-horse, almost, to a limited extent, rather, pretty, moderately, passing, only, considering, all things considered, enough, surgit amari aliquid.

Insensibility

N insensibility, insensibleness, moral insensibility, inertness, inertia, vis inertiae, impassibility, impassibleness, inappetency, apathy, phlegm, dullness, hebetude, supineness, lukewarmness, cold fit, cold blood, cold heart, coldness, coolness, frigidity, sang froid, stoicism, imperturbation, nonchalance, unconcern, dry eyes, insouciance, recklessness, callousness, heart of stone, stock and stone, marble, deadness, torpor, torpidity, obstupefaction, lethargy, coma, trance, vegetative state, sleep, suspended animation, stupor, stupefaction, paralysis, palsy, numbness, neutrality, quietism, vegetation, insensible, unconscious, impassive, impassible, blind to, deaf to, dead to, unsusceptible, insusceptible, unimpressionable, unimpressible, passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless, unfeeling, unmoral, apathetic, leuco-, phlegmatic, dull, frigid, cold blooded, cold hearted, cold as charity, flat, maudlin, obtuse, inert, supine, sluggish, torpid, torpedinous, torporific, sleepy, languid, half-hearted, tame, numbed, comatose, anaesthetic, stupefied, chloroformed, drugged, stoned, palsy-stricken, indifferent, lukewarm, careless, mindless, regardless, inattentive, neglectful, disregarding, unconcerned, nonchalant, pococurante, insouciant, sans souci, unambitious, unaffected, unruffled, unimpressed, uninspired, unexcited, unmoved, unstirred, untouched, unshocked, unstruck, unblushing, unanimated, vegetative, callous, thick-skinned, hard-nosed, pachydermatous, impervious, hardened, inured, casehardened, steeled against, proof against, imperturbable, unfelt, insensibly, aequo animo, without being moved, without being touched, without being impressed, in cold blood, with dry eyes, with withers unwrung, never mind, macht nichts, it is of no consequence, it cannot be helped, nothing coming amiss, it is all the same to, it is all one to.

Indifference

N indifference, neutrality, coldness, anaphrodisia, unconcern, insouciance, nonchalance, want of interest, want of earnestness, anorexy, anorexia, inappetency, apathy, supineness, disdain, recklessness, inattention, anaphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac, lust-quencher, passion-queller, indifferent, cold, frigid, lukewarm, cool, cool as a cucumber, unconcerned, insouciant, phlegmatic, pococurante, easygoing, devil-may- care, careless, listless, lackadaisical, half-hearted, unambitious, unaspiring, undesirous, unsolicitous, unattracted, aloof, unapproachable, remote, uncaring, unattractive, unalluring, undesired, undesirable, uncared for, unwished, unvalued, all one to, insipid, vain, for aught one cares, Int, never mind, Who cares? whatever you like, whatever, I couldn't care less, I could care less, anything will do, es macht nichts.

Incuriosity

N incuriosity, incuriousness, insouciance, indifference, lack of interest, disinterest, boredom, ennui (weariness), satiety, foreknowledge (foresight), incurious, uninquisitive, indifferent, impassive, uninterested, detached, aloof.