INDIFFERENT


Meaning of INDIFFERENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪndɪfərənt ]

1.

If you accuse someone of being indifferent to something, you mean that they have a complete lack of interest in it.

People have become indifferent to the suffering of others.

ADJ : oft ADJ to n

• in‧dif‧fer‧ent‧ly

‘Not that it matters,’ said Tench indifferently.

ADV : ADV after v

2.

If you describe something or someone as indifferent , you mean that their standard or quality is not very good, and often quite bad.

She had starred in several very indifferent movies...

= mediocre

ADJ

• in‧dif‧fer‧ent‧ly

...an eight-year-old girl who reads tolerably and writes indifferently.

ADV : ADV with v

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