incurious
adjective
not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.
incuriousness
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a word derived from
incurious.
Example Sentences
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Wells in The Outline of History, "the incuriousness of the Roman rich and their Roman rulers was more massive and monumental even than their architecture."
From Time Magazine Archive
Incuriosity -- N. incuriosity, incuriousness &c. adj.; insouciance &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
Show me the urbanity, the generosity in trifles, better than sacrifice, the incuriousness and freedom, the grace, and wit, and honor, that will equal such as I find here.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 by Various
It is possible, I suppose, that this singular incuriousness as to marvellous events and reports is not wholly unaccountable.
From The Great Return by Arthur Machen
It seemed rather to be a resolved incuriousness about things around her, a turning away of the face from life, as from something dreadful, that had only pain to offer her.
From Masterman and Son by W. J. (William James) Dawson
