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apathetic

[ap-uh-thet-ik] / ˌæp əˈθɛt ɪk /


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And yet I found myself strangely apathetic and at times resistant to participating in any of the hoopla around the Shannon/Narducy ensemble.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

"When people become apathetic, they stop observing the street," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

When people discover a choice was never real, they become apathetic about the ones that are.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Investors have become “resilient and apathetic at the same time,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

But millions of other Germans were simply apathetic about the news of Hitler’s appointment.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti


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