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1. | Not making a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance. | ||||
2. | Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre. | ||||
3. | Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial. | ||||
4. | Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless; | ||||
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.
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adv. | 1. | To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably. |
INDIFFERENT. To have no bias nor partiality. 7 Conn. 229. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness, ought to be indifferent, and when they are not so, they may be challenged. See 9 Conn. 42.
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