incurious
adjective
not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.
incuriosity
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a word derived from
incurious.
Example Sentences
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The movie, like the game, is founded on the thrill of discovery; whenever it leaves the land of pixels, incuriosity reigns supreme — jadedness is the worst enemy of all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025
His incuriosity about anything except Trinity also wastes opportunities to help explain foundational plot points, which instead get brought up and almost immediately abandoned.
From The Verge ● Dec. 21, 2021
“Stick to sports” is the cry of the lout, accented by incuriosity and indifference.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2019
They’ve had a different perspective, and I thought it was valuable in that it underscored Maddie’s incuriosity about everything except the things that she has deemed important.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2019
Suddenly she understood their strange blank incuriosity, the way their little trotting daemons seemed to be sleepwalking.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
