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Definitions for: Indifferent
[adj] showing no care or concern in attitude or action; "indifferent to the sufferings of others"; "indifferent to her plea"
[adj] lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; often followed by"to"; "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him"
[adj] marked by a lack of interest; "an apathetic audience"; "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent"
[adj] neither too great nor too little; "a couple of indifferent hills to climb"
[adj] neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French"
[adj] characterized by a lack of partiality; "a properly indifferent jury"; "an unbiased account of her family problems"
[adj] marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another; "indifferent about which book you would give them"; "was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation"
[adj] (chemistry) having only a limited ability to react chemically; not active; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"
[adj] fairly poor to not very good; "has an indifferent singing voice"; "has indifferent qualifications for the job"
Webster (1913) Definition: In*dif"fer*ent, a. [F. indiff['e]rent, L.
indifferens. See In- not, and Different.]
1. Not mal?ing a difference; having no influence or
preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern,
or attention; of no account; without significance or
importance.
Dangers are to me indifferent. --Shak.
Everything in the world is indifferent but sin.
--Jer. Taylor.
His slightest and most indifferent acts . . . were
odious in the clergyman's sight. --Hawthorne.
2. Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state
or quality; passable; mediocre.
The staterooms are in indifferent order. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to
another; neutral; impartial.
Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die.
--Addison.
4. Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting
anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless;
as, to be indifferent to the welfare of one's family.
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. --Addison.
5. (Law) Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased;
disinterested.
In choice of committees for ripening business for
the counsel, it is better indifferent persons than
to make an indifferency by putting in those that are
strong on both sides. --Bacon.
Indifferent tissue (Anat.), the primitive, embryonic,
undifferentiated tissue, before conversion into
connective, muscular, nervous, or other definite tissue.
In*dif"fer*ent, adv.
To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably. [Obs.] ``News
indifferent good.'' --Shak.
Synonyms: apathetic, fair, immaterial, impartial, inert, inferior, moderate, neutral, ordinary, passable, so-so(p), tolerable, unbiased, unbiassed, unconcerned, unimportant, uninterested, unreactive
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