as in disregard
lack of interest or concern
an alarming indifference toward the well-being of his own children
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Recent Examples of indifference
Every wreck, every ruin is the relic of a shriveled dream, lasting long after the body of its dreamer has been received back into the earth with love or remorse or indifference.
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 July 2025
This was murder in the first degree-extreme indifference and the jury agreed.
—Elizabeth Pritchett , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025
This indifference has become a bizarre pattern—one that the franchise’s newest installment, Jurassic World Rebirth, seems intent on changing.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
Super-sized Opportunities Workplace crises can be proactively prevented (or eventually explained) by tackling incentives, incompetence and indifference with stewardship, capability and care.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 July 2025
This was murder in the first degree-extreme indifference and the jury agreed.
—Elizabeth Pritchett , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025
This indifference has become a bizarre pattern—one that the franchise’s newest installment, Jurassic World Rebirth, seems intent on changing.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
Super-sized Opportunities Workplace crises can be proactively prevented (or eventually explained) by tackling incentives, incompetence and indifference with stewardship, capability and care.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indifference
disregard
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Advertisement Ananya’s actions show a chilling disregard for human life.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
25 July 2025
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Bennett echoed those concerns in his own memo, citing confusion over responsibilities and disregard for legal advice.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2025
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“Indifference.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indifference. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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