apathy
Example Sentences
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The public’s drift from space, he argued, wasn’t the apathy of a tired people but the disappointment of a hopeful one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Hopelessness is meme-ified and circulated online, becoming a form of identity that normalizes apathy.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
If the passion wanes, apathy can set in.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Meanwhile, social media seems divided between apathy, awe and anger.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
In my innocence, I suspected that the obscene jazz issuing forth from the loudspeakers on the walls of the factory was at the root of the apathy which I was witnessing among the workers.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing apathy
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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