stiffness

noun

Definition of stiffnessnext
as in indifference

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  1. indifference
  2. unconcern
  3. hardness
  4. aloofness
Noun
  • While many Americans reacted with horror to the brutal shooting, others responded with indifference or callousness, citing their negative experiences with health insurance companies.
    Andrew Stanton, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The big picture: Parent UnitedHealth Group's plummeting market value this week suggests investors fear a regulatory crackdown in response to the public outcry over coverage denials and corporate indifference.
    Maya Goldman, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of indifference
Noun
  • Most of Ukraine’s ravaged cultural sites are like the shelled Reims Cathedral: perhaps not directly targeted, but destroyed with ruthless unconcern.
    Jason Farago, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Marked by the artist’s apparent unconcern with conventional modeling and draftsmanship and by the velvety smoothness of his brushwork, the paintings exude an aura of quietude and utter perfection unrivaled in the work of his peers.
    Mary Tompkins Lewis, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2022
Definition of unconcern
Noun
  • For all its ugliness, hardness is seductive, as is a toxic, dominating man’s pull.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Water hardness is created by minerals such as calcium carbonate.
    Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 15 July 2024
Definition of hardness
Noun
  • But this is also a city that takes its aloofness with as much seriousness as its artistry.
    Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
  • Who better than Alain Delon — dashing and with a hint of growing aloofness — to represent a man of such multitudes?
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2024
Definition of aloofness
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