indifferent attitude
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindifferentandattitude
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indifferent
adjective
uk/ɪnˈdɪf.ər.ənt/us/ɪnˈdɪf.ɚ.ənt/
not thinking about or interested in someone ...
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attitude
noun
uk/ˈæt.ɪ.tʃuːd/us/ˈæt̬.ə.tuːd/
a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused ...
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(Definition ofindifferentandattitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofindifferent attitude
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The majority had anindifferentattitudetowards language classes at school, and less than a fifth considered them as pleasant.
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If villagers see elections as a formality, or as being manipulated by the village party secretary, they feel their votes are worthless and therefore adopt anindifferentattitudetowards elections.
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Duff avoids this problem by emphasizing that the inadvertently reckless act is not evidence of a practicallyindifferentattitudelying behind the act but practical indifference itself.
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It is impossible to work together if one side continually takes anindifferentattitudeto the conditions for cooperation.
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I am disturbed by theindifferentattitudeshown by those responsible for enforcing the limited legal powers available.
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It has not adopted anindifferentattitude; not a bit of it.
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To give an example, it was impossible to maintain a completelyindifferentattitudewith a strong taint of herrings in the air.
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When people talk of realism they are apt to think of a cynical orindifferentattitude.
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Because of the pressures that are put on the police it would be easy for them to develop a cynical andindifferentattitudeor an "us and them" complex.
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If a teacher has a negative, monotonous, orindifferentattitudeit can cause students to become uninterested and negatively impact their academics.
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Although among those who experienced anxiety were students who had negative, positive or indifferent attitudes, all the students with a negative reaction reported experiencing anxiety.
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The backing dancers in the video were thought to represent social activists, shrouded by empty surroundings deciphered as the indifferent attitudes in society.
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However, during the 1830s the rapid development of the railways led to increasing public hostility to the epidemic of railway deaths and the indifferent attitudes of the railway companies.
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