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incurious
[ in-kyoor-ee-uhs ]
adjective
- not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.
Synonyms: unconcerned, apathetic, uninterested
- Archaic. lacking care or attention; careless; negligent.
- Archaic. deficient in interest or novelty.
incurious
/ ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs; ɪnˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ /
adjective
- not curious; indifferent or uninterested
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Derived Forms
- inˈcuriously, adverb
- incuriosity, noun
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Other Words From
- in·cu·ri·os·i·ty [in-ky, oo, r-ee-, os, -i-tee], in·curi·ous·ness noun
- in·curi·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of incurious1
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Example Sentences
He was always affable but ultimately unknowable; intellectually incurious but ferociously ambitious.
Doing so, he highlighted the degree to which creationism is a decidedly incurious, insular worldview.
The Guardian published most of them in 2009, and yet Murdoch remained utterly incurious until June 2011.
Sara Lee sewed more than one rent for him, those days, but she was strangely incurious.
The boys left the room in silence, with the incurious obedience of well-trained children.
She was a strange vessel, sailing in from beyond their ken, and her pilot was almost as novel, yet they were incurious.
Incurious and self-centered, the affairs of the outer world had for her but little real interest.
Now, there never was another place habitually so incurious as Thursday Island in its social dealings.
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