Apathetic and Dull

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Apathetic adjective - Having or showing a lack of interest or concern.

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Dull is a synonym for apathetic in characteristic topic. In some cases you can use "Dull" instead an adjective "Apathetic", when it comes to topics like behaviour, listless, inexpressive.

Nearby Words: apathy, apathetically

Dull adjective - Slow to move or act.

Usage example: a dull market for luxury goods this holiday season

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Apathetic is a synonym for dull in behaviour topic. Sometimes you can use "Apathetic" instead an adjective "Dull", if it concerns topics such as sluggish, listless, lifeless, inexpressive.

Nearby Words: dullness, dulling, dulled, dully, dullish

Aphexis is a bleak world so dull and drab that it seems to infest the very souls of its inhabitants, who are apathetic to anything and everything.

Source: Tabletop Game / Black Crusade
The Care Bears once found themselves in a place called Drab City, a dull, gray place where something is draining the life (and color) out of the citizens, leaving them uncaring and apathetic.

Source: Monochrome to Color
Monochrome to Color: The Care Bears once found themselves in a place called Drab City, a dull, gray place where something is draining the life (and color) out of the citizens, leaving them uncaring and apathetic.

Source: Franchise / Care Bears

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