Meaning of tidapathy | Babel Free

Definitions

A state of total indifference; a condition of not caring about something.

Malaysia, Singapore, uncountable

Examples

“The curse of a warm, damp, equatorial climate is “tidapathy” from the Malay “Tid’ apa” — “It does not matter”. In an enervating climate, even the smallest effort requires some exercise of will-power. The temptation is to let things slide, and once that temptation begins to take hold, a general deterioration sets in and with it a weakening of moral fibre. Raffles, consciously or unconsciously, was completely free from any subjection to the climate.”

“Short for tidak apa, its corrupted bazaar form tidapa has given rise to the “English” word tidapathy, a word very expressive of the attitude of couldn’t-care-less-ness that grips all of us from time to time!”

“Replying in the affirmative would not commit you to anything but it would enable us to know what we can offer in the form of voluntary service. The worst you can do is to ignore the circular. Tidapathy has no place in our present society.”

“Tidapathy is ‘biasa lah’. Shoddy work is considered normal and we now accept standards which are much lowered.”

CEFR level