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Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern

Done or acting in an indifferent or apathetic manner

Failing to give proper care or attention

Not having consideration of possible consequences

Inconsiderate of the feelings of others

Unsympathetic, harsh, or callous

(of a person, action, or motive) Making decisions based solely on one's own self-interest or personal profit

Having a passive or uninvolved attitude or approach

Sad and despondent

Not paying attention to something

(of a person, attitude, or situation) Having the characteristics of a pessimist

Resentful or discontented, especially from alienation or estrangement

(of a joke or sense of humour) Subtle and expressed in a matter-of-fact way

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Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern

lackluster^US

lacklustre^UK

cool, calm and collected

colourless^UK

colorless^US

not giving a monkey's

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

meager^US

not give a tinker's damn

meagre^UK

just watching the clock

sombre^UK

somber^US

without a care in the world

going through the motions

going through motions

labored^US

laboured^UK

with both feet on the ground

rolling with the punches

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“Some newsmen even reported that the public was apathetic to the news of the vicious bombings.”

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Done or acting in an indifferent or apathetic manner

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“Apathetic workers do not see work as central to them and feel little obligation to contribute.”

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Failing to give proper care or attention

failing to show proper care and attention

asleep at switch

failing to take proper care

unorganized^US

unorganised^UK

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“It's surprising that the Adana survives with so much apathetic attention to its upkeep.”

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Not having consideration of possible consequences

sticking one's neck out

not careful

asleep on the job

foot-in-mouth

leading with one's chin

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“Utterly miserable, discouraged, even apathetic to the dangers of his position, he lay through the morning.”

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Inconsiderate of the feelings of others

“Bhishma wondered how a woman could be so apathetic to the feelings of another woman.”

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Unsympathetic, harsh, or callous

with a heart of stone

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

rubbing the wrong way

ill-humored^US

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

gray^US

grey^UK

having a killer instinct

red in tooth and claw

toughened by experience

as tough as old boots

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

knock-down-and-drag-out

like a bull in a china shop

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(of a person, action, or motive) Making decisions based solely on one's own self-interest or personal profit

looking after number one

on the make

out for what one can get

wrapped up in oneself

looking out for number one

having a swelled head

on an ego trip

wrapped up with oneself

self-sufficient

in love with oneself

in love with yourself

out for what you can get

pleased with yourself

think too highly of oneself

above oneself

too big for your boots

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

full of oneself

think a lot of oneself

blowing one's own trumpet

phoney^UK

phony^US

resting on your laurels

self-approving

easy-going

like the cat that got the cream

think one is God's gift

think one is the cat's pyjamas

high-and-mighty

think one is the cat's whiskers

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Having a passive or uninvolved attitude or approach

Adjective

Sad and despondent

sombre^UK

somber^US

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

agonized^US

agonised^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

ill-humored^US

given to looking on the black side

unable to be comforted

beside oneself with grief

lowered

unable to be consoled

baulked^UK

balked^US

snivelling^UK

lacking in confidence

in blue funk

lacking in enthusiasm

sniveling^US

on the verge of tears

with tears in your eyes

blue funk

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

unfavorable^US

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

wintry^US

wintery^UK

looking on the black side

at the end of your tether

inexcusable

torturous

meagre^UK

meager^US

racked with suffering

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Not paying attention to something

lacking concentration

not concentrating

off-guard

off in a world of one's own

with a mind like a sieve

fantasizing^US

fantasising^UK

in a world of your own

with your head in the clouds

driven to distraction

with a memory like a sieve

having a memory like a sieve

like an absent-minded professor

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(of a person, attitude, or situation) Having the characteristics of a pessimist

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

unfavorable^US

gray^US

grey^UK

given to looking on the black side

looking on the dark side

looking on the black side

sceptical^UK

ill-humored^US

skeptical^US

at the end of your tether

agonised^UK

agonized^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

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Resentful or discontented, especially from alienation or estrangement

with a chip on your shoulder

fed up to the back teeth

sniveling^US

snivelling^UK

ill-humored^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

criticizing^US

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

criticising^UK

have had something up to here

dishonored^US

dishonoured^UK

have had it up to here

glutted

have had a basinful

with chip on shoulder

humourless^UK

humorless^US

carrying a chip on your shoulder

sombre^UK

somber^US

have had it up to here with

have had a basinful of

agonised^UK

agonized^US

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having got out of bed the wrong side

baulked^UK

balked^US

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(of a joke or sense of humour) Subtle and expressed in a matter-of-fact way

skeptical^US

sceptical^UK

sulphurous^UK

sulfurous^US

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