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
Adams has shown a remarkable indifference toward early-childhood education, slicing hundreds of millions of dollars from the city’s 3-K and U.P.K. programs even as COVID-era federal stimulus funds for early-childhood programs were expiring.
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Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
But, as Kennedy’s book makes painfully clear, the rape kit has also become a paradoxical symbol of systemic indifference toward rape and its victims.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The government’s apparent indifference toward the hostages—despite the IDF’s near-total military control of Gaza and the fact that many hostages were held within a few kilometers of IDF positions—only deepened the public’s frustration.
—Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2025
Today, perhaps, only some Donald Trump acolytes such as Elon Musk can make black lives matter, undoing years of bloody damage from progressive activists and indifference from everyone else.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
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Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
But, as Kennedy’s book makes painfully clear, the rape kit has also become a paradoxical symbol of systemic indifference toward rape and its victims.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The government’s apparent indifference toward the hostages—despite the IDF’s near-total military control of Gaza and the fact that many hostages were held within a few kilometers of IDF positions—only deepened the public’s frustration.
—Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2025
Today, perhaps, only some Donald Trump acolytes such as Elon Musk can make black lives matter, undoing years of bloody damage from progressive activists and indifference from everyone else.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Indifference.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indifference. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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