unconcern
absence of feeling or concern; indifference.
freedom from anxiety.
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How to use unconcern in a sentence
I walked back to my desk, keeping the satisfaction locked tight within a carapace of steely unconcern, and took in the scene.
Wall Street Bonuses Tumble, But Bankers Have Nowhere to Go | Aaron Timms | March 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOkay, point taken, it's very unwise for a politician to express unconcern for the poor.
A general settlement took place monthly, after which a new period began—by the borrowers with joyous unconcern.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowTram cars were numerous and children played everywherePg 140 with utter unconcern for the vehicles which crowded the streets.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyHis poor assumption of unconcern was leaving him quickly; his face was changing to one of bitter sorrow.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
This time he tried the one that folks call "unconcern," a look as if he had no troubles at all, as if he had nothing to hide.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonThe Danes were staring at him also, and he was grinning at them with white teeth through thick lips in all unconcern.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. Whistler
British Dictionary definitions for unconcern
/ (ˌʌnkənˈsɜːn) /
apathy or indifference
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