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apathetic.

Adjective
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MEANING

Lacking interest, concern, or motivation regarding something.

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  • apathetic response
  • apathetic audience

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The campaign struggled to reach an apathetic electorate.

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apathetic

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Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more apathetic; superlative most apathetic when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.

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