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(adj) deaf
(usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed
deaf to her warnings
(adj) immaterial
(often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other
whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent); what others think is altogether indifferent to him
(adj) apathetic
marked by a lack of interest
an apathetic audience; the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent
(adj) so-so
being neither good nor bad
an indifferent performance; a gifted painter but an indifferent actor; her work at the office is passable; a so-so golfer; feeling only so-so; prepared a tolerable dinner; a tolerable working knowledge of French
characterized by a lack of partiality
a properly indifferent jury; an unbiasgoted account of her family problems
having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
inert matter; an indifferent chemical in a reaction