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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin indifferens 'making no difference', from differre; DIFFER

indifferent

 adjective
     
in‧dif‧fer‧ent
1 not at all interested in someone or something
indifferent to
Sarah was absolutely indifferent to him, and it hurt.
2 not particularly good [= mediocre]:
an indifferent cook
—indifferently adverb
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