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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Without emotion or interest: apathetic, detached, impassive, incurious, insensible, lethargic, listless, phlegmatic, stolid, unconcerned, uninterested, unresponsive. See FEELINGS. 2. Lacking interest in one's surroundings or worldly affairs: aloof, detached, disinterested, incurious, unconcerned, uninterested, uninvolved. See ATTITUDE, CONCERN. 3. Free from bias in judgment: disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, fair, fair-minded, impartial, just, nonpartisan, objective, square, unbiased, unprejudiced. Idioms: fair and square. See FAIR. 4. Feeling or showing no strong emotional involvement: detached, disinterested, dispassionate, impersonal, neutral. See FEELINGS. 5. Being of no special quality or type: average, common, commonplace, cut-and-dried, formulaic, garden, garden-variety, mediocre, ordinary, plain, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, stock, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable. See GOOD, USUAL.
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