INDIFFERENT


Meaning of INDIFFERENT in English

/ ɪnˈdɪfrənt; NAmE / adjective

1.

[ not usually before noun ] indifferent (to sb/sth) having or showing no interest in sb/sth :

The government cannot afford to be indifferent to public opinion.

2.

not very good

SYN mediocre :

an indifferent meal

The festival has the usual mixture of movies— good, bad and indifferent .

►  in·dif·fer·ent·ly adverb :

He shrugged indifferently.

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (in the sense having no partiality for or against ): via Old French from Latin indifferent- not making any difference, from in- not + different- differing (from the verb differre , from dis- from, away + ferre bring, carry).

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