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
Their deaths were not only avoidable but were also the direct result of the greed and indifference of smugglers who exploited them.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
This week’s report about yet another death at a county jail run by the Sheriff’s Department was painfully familiar in its portrait of cruel indifference to the health of inmates and the overt signs the agency isn’t being truthful about key events in the tragedy.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
One partner may interpret the other’s lack of responsiveness as indifference, while the other may simply not realize anything is amiss.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
An indifference to fortune was, paradoxically, the prerogative of the fortunate.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
This week’s report about yet another death at a county jail run by the Sheriff’s Department was painfully familiar in its portrait of cruel indifference to the health of inmates and the overt signs the agency isn’t being truthful about key events in the tragedy.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
One partner may interpret the other’s lack of responsiveness as indifference, while the other may simply not realize anything is amiss.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
An indifference to fortune was, paradoxically, the prerogative of the fortunate.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indifference
disregard
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Agencies may not conduct large-scale reorganizations and reductions in force in blatant disregard of Congress's mandates, and a president may not initiate large-scale executive branch reorganization without partnering with Congress.—
Melissa Quinn
May 23,
CBS News,
23 May 2025
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So who is to blame for this callous disregard of patient’s and her family’s grief?—
Brea Baker,
Refinery29,
22 May 2025
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“Indifference.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indifference. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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