"Public indifference" refers to a situation where most people show little or no interest or concern about a particular issue or topic. It means the public is apathetic or doesn't care about something.
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Given the depleted state of the Treasury and a long record
of public indifference to space programs, doubts about fulfillment of the moon - Mars plans are abundant on both sides of the political aisle.
American military operations can succeed
despite public indifference or incomprehension — provided the wars are relatively quick and / or painless.
With a potential breakout moment at hand, but with as
much public indifference as public support, charters must guard their exposed flanks.
«Ware captured the demonstrators up close and personal, paying attention to the to the signs and placards, many of which express the marchers» palpable anger
at public indifference to the tragic loss of young black people's lives,» says Autograph ABP.
The piece, «The Nerd Loop: Why I'm Losing Interest in Communicating Climate Change,» is a long disquisition on why there's too much thumb sucking and circular analysis and not enough experimentation among institutions concerned
about public indifference to risks posed by human - driven global warming.
Instead, he pursued his goals in isolation with the single - minded focus of a Gauguin or Cézanne, refusing to give up in the face
of public indifference.
If we care about our collective political life, and want as many people as active in public decision - making as possible — which is, after all, part of the definition of democracy — how do we avoid this cycle of polarizing activist rhetoric,
public indifference and a resulting escalation of rhetoric?
The result was an unexpected hit with the public at a time when dreary, incoherent exhibitions curated by theory - based art historians were attracting critical opprobrium and
public indifference.
Part of a larger coterie of creative individuals who shared an ethos, they naturally sought each other out, socializing, exhibiting and supporting each other's ideas despite negative press and
public indifference.
However, the report also points out that
public indifference to the hazard is what has caused the problem in the first place.