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as in nonchalant
having or showing a lack of interest or concern
people of conscience cannot be apathetic about the great suffering in this world
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as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
gave nothing more than an apathetic gaze to his interrogators
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Recent Examples of apathetic
Staying small has also, historically, been linked to staying weak, preoccupied, and politically apathetic—all qualities that women in this country (or frankly, any country) cannot afford to be at this moment.
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Michelle Konstantinovsky, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2025
Yet Gaskins is hardly apathetic, or detached from his community.
—Nancy Kaffer, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
One of its cofounders, Vanderbilt psychiatrist David Barton, felt the hospitals could be institutionally apathetic toward terminally ill patients.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Nov. 2025
Yeah, like how to strike that very fine line of learning how to be happy for a short time on Earth, but not being apathetic about activism.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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Michelle Konstantinovsky, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2025
Yet Gaskins is hardly apathetic, or detached from his community.
—Nancy Kaffer, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
One of its cofounders, Vanderbilt psychiatrist David Barton, felt the hospitals could be institutionally apathetic toward terminally ill patients.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Nov. 2025
Yeah, like how to strike that very fine line of learning how to be happy for a short time on Earth, but not being apathetic about activism.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apathetic
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Scott inflicts Ohm’s nonchalant meanness with a piercingly perverse matter-of-factness that places the character as far away as possible from the realm of likeability.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Margot Robbie’s understanding of the assignment is evident, her fringe frame coupled with a low and loosely bound ponytail (another hallmark of the nonchalant set).—
Calin Van Paris,
InStyle,
11 Mar. 2026
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And Jordan's performances as Smoke and Stack are indeed confident and distinctive, not just in their different sartorial choices but in their mannerisms, with the actor excelling at portraying both Smoke's stoic practicality and Stack's swaggering charm.—
Ken Simmons,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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So there sauntered Judge, one of the most stoic sluggers in a sport full of them.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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But even casual high school boys basketball fans in the western suburbs recognize the Wolves as a force to be reckoned with by going toe-to-toe against top programs in the state under the direction of Velasquez, who is stepping down for some very good personal reasons.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Her makeup was similarly casual, with a natural, glowy finish and peach lips.—
Pamela Vázquez,
Glamour,
16 Mar. 2026
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Henry's parents, Dandy and Tyrion, are a new couple who seem uninterested in incubating their eggs, Sea Life Weymouth aquarist Charlotte Edge said.—
KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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The phrasing is flat, declarative, and uninterested in anecdote; taken together, the dicta sketch a profile that is periodic, age-linked, and seasonal.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Apathetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apathetic. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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