Indifferent

Definition of Indifferent

In`dif´fer`ent
a.1.
1.Not making a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance.
Dangers are to me indifferent.
- Shak.
Everything in the world is indifferent but sin.
- Jer. Taylor.
His slightest and most indifferent acts . . . were odious in the clergyman's sight.
- Hawthorne.
2.Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre.
The staterooms are in indifferent order.
- Sir W. Scott.
3.Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial.
Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die.
- Addison.
4.Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless; as, to be indifferent to the welfare of one's family.
5.(Law) Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested.
Indifferent tissue
(Anat.) the primitive, embryonic, undifferentiated tissue, before conversion into connective, muscular, nervous, or other definite tissue.
adv.1.To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably.

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