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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Without emotion or interest: apathetic, impassive, incurious, indifferent, insensible, lethargic, listless, phlegmatic, stolid, unconcerned, uninterested, unresponsive. See FEELINGS. 2. Not easily excited, even under pressure: calm, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, even1, even-tempered, imperturbable, nonchalant, possessed, unflappable, unruffled. See CALM. 3. Lacking interest in one's surroundings or worldly affairs: aloof, disinterested, incurious, indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested, uninvolved. See ATTITUDE, CONCERN. 4. Feeling or showing no strong emotional involvement: disinterested, dispassionate, impersonal, indifferent, neutral. See FEELINGS. 5. Set away from all others: alone, apart, isolate, isolated, lone, removed, solitary. See INCLUDE.
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