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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as apathetic.

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  • Whether he's lost interest in the series, or whether he simply wanted to get back on track to the bits he's interested in, I guess we'll see in later books, but I certainly felt that he was disinterested, even at time apathetical, in AFFC.

    A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin Adam Whitehead 2010

  • And because this election - drawn out as it has been - seems to have revived, or sparked, a new activism and engagement in people, showing that it is possible to shake off the apathy, the sense of impasse that seems to have come over other countries that I care about, such as the UK or, until recently, Italy the student protests are anything but apathetical right now!

    Archive 2008-11-01 Ra 2008

  • And because this election - drawn out as it has been - seems to have revived, or sparked, a new activism and engagement in people, showing that it is possible to shake off the apathy, the sense of impasse that seems to have come over other countries that I care about, such as the UK or, until recently, Italy the student protests are anything but apathetical right now!

    Optimism Ra 2008

  • In it, I wrote about a character named L Lover, who confronts the reader about his or her apathetical attitude about relationships.

    Reposition Yourself T.D. Jakes 2007

  • DOBBS: They're apathetical to the interest of the United States.

    CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2007 2007

  • DOBBS: They're apathetical to the interest of the United States.

    CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2007 2007

  • "They wouldn't do me any good," was the almost apathetical reply.

    A Little Girl in Old Boston Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873

  • Violet she will never know, nor the professor either; but it is Violet who has raised Gertrude up to a new estate out of her old slough of despond, who in her own abundant sweetness and generosity has so clothed the other that she has seemed charming even in the sadness of an apathetical life.

    Floyd Grandon's Honor Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873

  • "Some of the others may remember," the child said in her usual apathetical voice.

    A Little Girl in Old Boston Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873

  • I speak with the less hesitation on this topic, because I was myself, until only a few months ago, one of the apathetical and deluded class I am now animadverting upon.

    Negro Slavery Described by a Negro: Being the Narrative of Ashton Warner, a Native of St. Vincent's. With an Appendix Containing the Testimony of Four Christian Ministers, Recently Returned from the Colonies, on the System of Slavery as It Now Exists 1822

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