apathetic

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apathy +‎ -etic

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apathetic (comparative more apathetic, superlative most apathetic)

  1. Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.
    Synonyms: passionless, indifferent
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Francesca Carrara. , volume II, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 167:
      He then added a few general offers of service, but offered as if he would be glad if they were accepted; and when Guido knelt for his parting benediction, it was given with a warmth and sincerity not often used by the apathetic and haughty minister.
  2. Of, or pertaining to apatheism.

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