apathy
Example Sentences
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Older Americans can read that as apathy or ingratitude.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Hopelessness is meme-ified and circulated online, becoming a form of identity that normalizes apathy.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
Turnout will be a crucial factor after a lacklustre campaign hit by voter apathy.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
The simplicity of his execution underlines that a nightmare future doesn’t need to much to come to fruition, just a couple of clipboards and mass apathy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Today in his apathy John stared at them, not seeing; he began to dust them with the exaggerated care of the profoundly preoccupied.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing apathy
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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30 GRE Words Beginning with "A"
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