incurious


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in·cu·ri·ous

 (ĭn-kyo͝or′ē-əs)
adj.
Lacking intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; uninterested.

in·cu′ri·os′i·ty (-ŏs′ĭ-tē), in·cu′ri·ous·ness n.
in·cu′ri·ous·ly adv.
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incurious

(ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs)
adj
not curious; indifferent or uninterested
incuriosity, inˈcuriousness n
inˈcuriously adv
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in•cu•ri•ous

(ɪnˈkyʊər i əs)

adj.
not curious; not inquisitive or observant; indifferent.
[1560–70; < Latin]
in•cu•ri•os•i•ty (ˌɪn kyʊər iˈɒs ɪ ti) in•cu′ri•ous•ness, n.
in•cu′ri•ous•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.incurious - showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them"
curious - eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings"
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incurious

adjective
1. Lacking interest in one's surroundings or worldly affairs:
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Translations

incurious

[ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs] ADJindiferente
to be incurious about sthser indiferente a algo
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incurious

adj (= not curious)nicht wissbegierig, nicht neugierig; (= uninterested)gleichgültig, uninteressiert
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incurious

[ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs] adjindifferente
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References in classic literature ?
With such commodiousness of situation, these two learned persons sat themselves down, each in his own domain, yet familiarly passing from one apartment to the other, and bestowing a mutual and not incurious inspection into one another's business.
It is surprising to notice how well this remote tribe of savages had learnt, through intermediate gossips, the private feelings of the colonists at Astoria; it shows that Indians are not the incurious and indifferent observers that they have been represented.
In each letter he had spoken well of his captain; but yet, so little were they in the habit of attending to such matters, so unobservant and incurious were they as to the names of men or ships, that it had made scarcely any impression at the time; and that Mrs Musgrove should have been suddenly struck, this very day, with a recollection of the name of Wentworth, as connected with her son, seemed one of those extraordinary bursts of mind which do sometimes occur.
But with a conception of marriage so uncomplicated and incurious as hers such a crisis could be brought about only by something visibly outrageous in his own conduct; and the fineness of her feeling for him made that unthinkable.
When Buck and Curly grew excited, half wild with fear, he raised his head as though annoyed, favored them with an incurious glance, yawned, and went to sleep again.
Chingachgook turned a calm and incurious eye toward the place where the ball had struck, and then resumed his former attitude, with a composure that could not be disturbed by so trifling an incident.
And the men would become suddenly incurious, after the manner of their kind.
The order, for such in tone and manner it was, in truth, was received with respect; but the utmost movement was the falling of an axe or two from the shoulder to the ground, while their owners continued to regard the place with listless and incurious eyes.
I was far from being incurious or uninterested about the building; on the contrary, I often sat in this place wondering how the rooms ranged and whether any echo like a footstep really did resound at times, as the story said, upon the lonely Ghost's Walk.
It is the most respectable faculty of the human mind--in fact I cannot conceive the uses of an incurious mind.
He paused for a moment, then asked in a quiet, incurious tone--
They moved a little in my direction, incurious, recognizing me slowly.