indifferent
[in-dif-er-uh nt, -dif-ruh nt]
adjective
1. without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
2. having no bias, prejudice, or preference; impartial; disinterested.
3. neither good nor bad in character or quality; average; routine: an indifferent specimen.
4. not particularly good, important, etc.; unremarkable; unnotable: an indifferent success; an indifferent performance.
5. of only moderate amount, extent, etc.
6. not making a difference, or mattering, one way or the other.
7. immaterial or unimportant.
8. not essential or obligatory, as an observance.
9. making no difference or distinction, as between persons or things:
indifferent justice.
10. neutral in chemical, electric, or magnetic quality.
11. Biology. not differentiated or specialized, as cells or tissues.
noun
12. an ethically or morally indifferent act.
13. a person who is indifferent, especially in matters of religion or politics.
"At different degrees, everything is pathology,
except for indifference."
~(Emil Cioran)
"Every judgement of conscience,
be it right or wrong,
be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent,
is obligatory,
in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins."
~(Thomas Aquinas)
"Reality is a creation of our excesses."
~(Emil Cioran)~
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