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Common collocations with indifference in American Collocation

indifference noun uncountable

US /ɪnˈdɪfrəns/

complete

absolute
complete
supreme
total
utter

It is a matter of complete indifference to me.

not sympathetic

callous
cold

She shows a callous indifference to the suffering of others.

felt by most people

general
public

Efforts to start a boycott are handicapped by public indifference.

seeming to exist

apparent
seeming

Some of us were not a little wounded by the apparent indifference of the public.

deliberate

studied

I adopted a pose of studied indifference.

show indifference

demonstrate
display
express
show

Her tone expressed her entire indifference.

feel indifference

feel

He seemed to be a man who felt total indifference to everything going on around him.

pretend to feel indifference

feign

Of course, I feigned complete indifference.

treat something with indifference

treat someone/something with

They were accused of treating the wefare of the elderly with indifference.

experience indifference

be met with

The suggestion met with indifference on the part of most members of the team.