List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words -
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SYNONYMS:
indifferent, unconcerned, incurious, detached, uninterested.
These adjectives mean marked by an absence of interest.
Indifferent
applies most broadly; it can suggest lack of partiality, bias, or preference or
a lack of feeling one way or another: The universe isn't hostile. It's
indifferent.
Unconcerned
implies not only a lack of interest but also a lack of solicitude, feeling,
concern, or care: unconcerned about his friend's plight.
Incurious
stresses absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity:
strangely incurious about the political upheaval surrounding her.
Detached
suggests absence of involvement together with an impersonal point of view: His
maturity appears in the detached clear-sightedness with which he could observe
his own character.
Uninterested
merely denotes lack of interest: an uninterested spectator; an uninterested
glance.
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