incurious
incurious · more incurious · most incurious
Lacking interest or curiosityLacking interest or curiosity; uninterested.
» Raymond of Ravenswood acquiesced in the experiment, not incurious concerning the issue, though confident it would disappoint the expectations of the hermit.
Meaning
2 sensesLacking interest or curiosity; uninterested.
Apathetic or indifferent.
More definitions
- showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
Examples
1 sentencesRaymond of Ravenswood acquiesced in the experiment, not incurious concerning the issue, though confident it would disappoint the expectations of the hermit.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Latin incūriōsus (“careless”), from in- (“un-”) and cūriōsus (“careful”). Attested siFrom Latin incūriōsus (“careless”), from in- (“un-”) and cūriōsus (“careful”). Attested since the 1560s, originally meaning ‘heedless and negligent.’ The sense of ‘uninquisitive’ dates from the 1610s, and the sense of ‘unworthy of attention’ from 1747.
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Forms
more incurious, most incurious| Comparative | more incurious Lesson |
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Synonyms
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1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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