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
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
Whether this was a masterpiece of policy calculated to discourage lawsuits, or whether it was merely due to Spanish incuriousness and maladministration, is a moot point.
From A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 by R. B. (Robert Bontine) Cunninghame Graham
This incuriousness is not a peculiarity of Londoners only.
From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner
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
