solicitous
adjective
anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause).
unsolicitous
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a word derived from
solicitous.
Example Sentences
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Late Night was unsolicitous of the viewer, just as Letterman was often unsolicitous of his guests.
From Slate ● May 10, 2015
If I stand fair with them, you well know, how unsolicitous I am whether others are pleasd or not.
From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4 by Harry Alonzo Cushing
The mind quiet both as to the past and the future, contented with the present moment: as to the past, leaving it out of sight; as to the future, unsolicitous.
From Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott
Its common aspect is one of unsolicitous observation, as if surveying a full field and having leisure to dart on its chosen morsels, without any flattering eagerness.
From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton
Who knows not that the unsolicitous mariner is far more likely to suffer shipwreck than he who, apprehensive of rocks and reefs, exercises a wise precaution?
From Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 by Mrs. A. G. Whittelsey
