indifferent
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"We are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, and becoming indifferent, indifferent to the deaths of thousands of people," the pope said in his address.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Despite Loughborough's indifferent season, Lutui leads the PWR standings in carries and metres in contact.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Inconveniently for the anti-Shriver crowd, many readers enjoy Shriver’s novels, whether they are aware of, supportive of or indifferent to her politics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
The poet finds no comfort in his grief because, in Hardy’s view, the universe is indifferent to our sufferings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
It bore her no malice, this animal, it was indifferent to her misery.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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