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apathetic Definition


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apathetic
adj
    1. Feeling or showing little or no emotion; indifferent; uncaring.
      Thesaurus: indifferent, unconcerned, dispassionate, uninterested, unfeeling, stoic, unresponsive, cold listless, lethargic, unambitious, sluggish, torpid, unmotivated, passive; Antonym: concerned, responsive, driven, active.
Derivative: apathetically
adverb
    Etymology: 18c: from apathy by analogy with pathetic.



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