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Adiaphorous

[ad-ee-AF-er-əs]

Part of speech: adjective

Origin: Ancient Greek, 17th century

1.

Neither harmful nor beneficial.

Examples of Adiaphorous in a sentence

"Many home remedies are adiaphorous potions, but they might offer a placebo effect."

"Kendall sees social media as adiaphorous, so he doesn’t worry about his kids being on their phones, but he would rather they spent that time reading."

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