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apathy

[ap-uh-thee] / ˈæp ə θi /


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The public’s drift from space, he argued, wasn’t the apathy of a tired people but the disappointment of a hopeful one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Reports cite a range of complicated factors for the restraint, from apathy to technology-induced incapacity.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

If the passion wanes, apathy can set in.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Compounding this painful apathy is the fact that state officials were made aware of the burial ground by at least the 1970s.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

No wonder there was such apathy in the factory.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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