as in indifference
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Noun
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This moment was a turning point for him — despite his past indifference toward settling down, fatherhood changed him completely.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026 -
Would a cyberattack that kills people finally shake us out of our indifference?—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Other barriers to having home-cooked, nutritious food could include lack of motivation, medications or losing the sense of taste or smell that may lead to apathy about food.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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There was a pervasive sense of cultural apathy regarding the study of the past that was growing stronger by the minute, as if the world had already accrued the maximum knowledge of prior civilizations and required nothing further in order to barrel onward into the future.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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The spirit of disinterestedness became the foundation for a regulatory state.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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The news anchors maintained a posture of disinterestedness.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2023
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“Perfunctoriness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfunctoriness. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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