apathetic

/əˈpæθɪk/

showing no interest or enthusiasm

The student remained apathetic during the lecture.

The student showed no interest or engagement in the lecture.

formalinformal

Lacking interest, enthusiasm, or concern; indifferent.

Despite the urgent news, he responded with apathetic indifference.

He showed no concern or reaction to the urgent news.

The apathetic crowd barely reacted to the speaker's announcement.

The audience showed little to no interest in the speaker's announcement.

Often used to describe a lack of emotional or intellectual engagement.

Collocations

apathetic attitudea lack of interest or concernapathetic responsea reaction showing no enthusiasm

Use 'apathetic' to describe a person or group that shows no interest or enthusiasm in a situation.

From Greek 'apatheia' (without passion) + '-ic' (suffix forming adjectives).

Often used to describe people who show little emotion or interest in their surroundings or activities.

without

prefix

-pathic

feeling

root

-ic

adjective form

suffix

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