incurious
Americanadjective
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not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.
- Synonyms:
- unconcerned, apathetic, uninterested
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Archaic. lacking care or attention; careless; negligent.
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Archaic. deficient in interest or novelty.
adjective
Other Word 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
Example Sentences
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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
They exist under the guise of bringing us together, but only make us more greedy, isolated and incurious — not to mention broke.
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026
The police, in the meantime, are oddly incurious about the voluminous records of a private investigator who they know hacked phones for News of the World.
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2024
The movie’s length throws up a roadblock for the incurious.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023
Shin was a scrawny, incurious, and for the most part friendless child whose one source of certainty was the guards’ lectures about redemption through snitching.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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