apathetic

adjective more apathetic · most apathetic · apathetical

1. Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion. He then added a few general offers of service, but offered as if he would be glad if they were accepted; and when Guido knelt for his parting benediction, it was given with a warmth and sincerity not often used by the apathetic and haughty minister.

   Similar: indifferent, unconcerned

2. Of, or pertaining to apatheism.

Similar: adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless, dispassionate, dull, enervated, gallionic, halfhearted, heartless, impassive, ineffervescible, insouciant, indifferent, insensible, jaded, languid, languorous, Laodicean, lethargic, listless, lackadaisical, lotophagous, lukewarm, meh, mopey · Opposite: furious, effusive, emotional, enthusiastic, excited, overwrought, passionate

noun apathetics · apathetical

1. An apathetic or indifferent person, especially one who shows no interest in a particular issue. On the left are the activist Vietniks, eager to protest the war; next are the doves, who oppose the U.S. role but shun demonstrations; and in the middle are the apathetics, who simply are not concerned enough to think through their own stand.