In*dif"fer*ent, adv. To a moderate
degree; passably; tolerably. [Obs.] "News indifferent
good." Shak.
In*dif"fer*ent (?), a. [F.
indifférent, L. indifferens. See In- not,
and Different.]
1. Not making a difference; having no
influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern,
or attention; of no account; without significance or
importance.
Dangers are to me indifferent.
Shak.
Everything in the world is indifferent but
sin.
Jer. Taylor.
His slightest and most indifferent acts . . .
were odious in the clergyman's sight.
Hawthorne.
2. Neither particularly good, not very bad;
of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre.
The staterooms are in indifferent
order.
Sir W. Scott.
3. Not inclined to one side, party, or choice
more than to another; neutral; impartial.
Indifferent in his choice to sleep or
die.
Addison.
4. Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care,
respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless;
as, to be indifferent to the welfare of one's
family.
It was a law of Solon, that any person who, in the
civil commotions of the republic, remained neuter, or an
indifferent spectator of the contending parties, should be
condemned to perpetual banishment.
Addison.
5. (Law) Free from bias or prejudice;
impartial; unbiased; disinterested.
In choice of committees for ripening business for the
counsel, it is better to choose indifferent persons than to
make an indifferency by putting in those that are strong on both
sides.
Bacon.
Indifferent tissue (Anat.), the
primitive, embryonic, undifferentiated tissue, before conversion into
connective, muscular, nervous, or other definite tissue.