incurious

American  

[in-kyoor-ee-uhs] / ɪnˈkyʊər i əs /

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.

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incurious British  

/ ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs, ɪnˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

1. not curious; indifferent or uninterested

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• incuriosity
  noun
• incuriously
  adverb
• incuriousness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of incurious

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

Explanation

If you're incurious, you don't care very much or aren't interested. There's nothing more frustrating to a teacher than a classroom full of incurious students. The adjective incurious is useful for describing someone who really couldn't care less — who doesn't ask questions or wonder why or how something happens. Incurious people don't make good scientists, journalists, or researchers, because they lack curiosity, or the impulse to know more about something or someone. The roots of incurious are in-, "not," and the Latin curiosus, "inquiring eagerly."

Example Sentences

Throughout, he seems almost willfully incurious about why people hunt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Again and again, he witnesses painful silences in public-school classrooms full of incurious young people who do not read and do not know anything about anything.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Such claims reflect a misinformed, incurious reading of how public broadcasting works, what it does and whom it serves.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025

Will we let them die in glass-jar houses and incurious lawns?

From Salon • May 10, 2024

Their progress was followed by the blank, incurious eyes of second infancy.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley