unconcern
Americannoun
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absence of feeling or concern; indifference.
- Synonyms:
- insouciance, nonchalance
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freedom from anxiety.
noun
Related Words
See indifference.
Etymology
Origin of unconcern
Example Sentences
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It bombards us with catastrophe and then reads a lack of immediate response as unconcern.
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2021
My friends and I were wanton with our unconcern.
From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2019
Before Sunday’s game against the Jets, Bush professed unconcern about his ignominious mark.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2017
Such unconcern would represent a bit of a change.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 19, 2015
They were avoiding the topic with a deliberate unconcern; he must be somewhere now, I thought, doing something, what I didn’t want to ask.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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