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Showing no interest
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apathetic
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Word definitions for apathetic in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Most people were just too apathetic to go out and vote. ▪ Of course it matters whether you vote or not! Don't be so apathetic ! ▪ Parents are completely apathetic about their children's education and show little interest ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apathetic \Ap`a*thet"ic\, Apathetical \Ap`a*thet"ic*al\a. [See Apathy .] Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless. a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older 2. showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. showing little or no emotion or animation; "a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older" marked by a lack of interest; "an apathetic audience"; "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent" [syn: indifferent ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1744, from apathy + -ic , on model of pathetic .
Usage examples of apathetic.
His apathetic face was expressionless as he listened to himself being held up as a shining example.
Some of the populace, however, appear apathetic and bewildered, and stand in groups asking questions.
In time she began to be grateful that an apathetic resignation, akin to the quiet of despair, was the possession of their race.
They were now blind and apathetic, mindless perhaps, baggage which Mastrovin could cart about as he chose.
However apathetic people are on other subjects, the mere mention of this one rouses them into interest.
This is a much neater place than the last, but the people look stupid and apathetic, and I wonder what they think of the men who have abolished the daimiyo and the feudal regime, have raised the eta to citizenship, and are hurrying the empire forward on the tracks of western civilisation!
The eyes were dark but vacant, and the face had no other expression than that look of apathetic melancholy which one sometimes sees on the faces of captive beasts.
Initially, the pharmaceuticals had left Gilbertus in an apathetic stupor.
Before the apathetic, confused militiamen could step up to the boy, the whole deck became a buzzing hive.
It was over in the taking of a breath--then, while the crowd hummed and closed in, leaving Byrne to slink away as if he had become invisible, I saw my big Delane, growncalm and apathetic, turn to the poney and lay a soothing hand on its neck.
A yell of triumph proclaimed this first success, and Musqueeto no longer the apathetic native which he so lately appeared, now exhibited himself in all the ferocity of the savage.
Just as he smirks and rolls his eyes in her actual presence, so he puts on apathetic and unescapable clownishness when he essays to dissect her in the privacy of the laboratory.
He had promised himself, out of his new pathetic yearning when she had begun to improve, that never again should she know an ungratified wish, yet now he feared that she would give him no opportunity of granting a request, so apathetic had she grown.
After the long parades of bemedalled veterans earlier that day, the serious and apathetic Muscovites were transformed.
Tosevite factory workers we must necessarily employ in large numbers: many are apathetic and perform poorly, while others, actively hostile, sabotage as much of what they produce as possible.