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# indifferent

«indifferent» in Mova's school dictionary: **indifferent to something, you do not care about it or are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (indifferent; indifferently adv.)

### meaning for a pupil

1) If you are indifferent to something, you do not care about it or are not interested in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indifferent/#m1)

2) Not very good; only ordinary or rather poor: an indifferent meal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indifferent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: «he seemed indifferent to the danger», a character who does not care. In reviews and reports (sense 2): «the food was indifferent», «an indifferent player». Often followed by «to»: indifferent to the cold.

### examples

- The cat was indifferent to the dog barking outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indifferent/#x1)
- Tom seemed indifferent to winning or losing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indifferent/#x2)
- How can you be indifferent when your friend is sad? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indifferent/#x3)
- The hotel was lovely, but the food was indifferent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indifferent/#x4)
- He is an indifferent swimmer but a great runner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indifferent/#x5)
- She answered in an indifferent voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indifferent/#x6)
- Most people were indifferent to the new rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indifferent/#x7)
- ‘If he did hear me,’ she said, ‘could he remain so cruelly indifferent? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indifferent/#x8)

### note

Use «to», not «about», in formal writing: indifferent to praise. Trap: «indifferent» does not mean «different»; it means «not caring» or «so-so». Noun: indifference.

### In the corpora

- [The wood holds «good, bad, and indifferent—I name no names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «indifferent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indifferent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.