apathy
lack of interest, emotion, or concern
Word origin: From Greek apatheia, freedom from feeling (a- without plus pathos feeling).
Apathy in a sentence
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Voter apathy led to one of the lowest turnouts on record.
Voter apathy, more than any single candidate, decided the outcome of the low-turnout election.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.
Using “apathy” well
Apathy denotes an absence of interest, feeling, or concern, with a connotation of passive disengagement. It is broader than mere boredom, implying indifference to things that should matter.
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