incurious

[ in-kyoor-ee-uhs ]

adjective

1. not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.

   Synonyms: unconcerned, apathetic, uninterested

2. Archaic. lacking care or attention; careless; negligent.
3. Archaic. deficient in interest or novelty.

incurious

/ ɪnˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ; ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs /

adjective

1. not curious; indifferent or uninterested

Derived Forms

• incuriosity, noun
• inˈcuriously, adverb

Other Words From

• in·cu·ri·os·i·ty [in-ky, oo, r-ee-, os, -i-tee], in·curi·ous·ness noun
• in·curi·ous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of incurious¹

From the Latin word incūriōsus, dating back to 1560–70. See in- ³, curious

Example Sentences

He was always affable but ultimately unknowable; intellectually incurious but ferociously ambitious.

From The Daily Beast

Doing so, he highlighted the degree to which creationism is a decidedly incurious, insular worldview.

From The Daily Beast

The Guardian published most of them in 2009, and yet Murdoch remained utterly incurious until June 2011.

From The Daily Beast

Sara Lee sewed more than one rent for him, those days, but she was strangely incurious.

From Project Gutenberg

The boys left the room in silence, with the incurious obedience of well-trained children.

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She was a strange vessel, sailing in from beyond their ken, and her pilot was almost as novel, yet they were incurious.

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Incurious and self-centered, the affairs of the outer world had for her but little real interest.

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Now, there never was another place habitually so incurious as Thursday Island in its social dealings.

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