uncurious

adjective

un·​cu·​ri·​ous ˌən-ˈkyu̇r-ē-əs How to pronounce uncurious (audio)
: lacking a normal or usual curiosity : not curious : incurious
Deaver's President is every bit the benignly self-assured, uncurious fellow portrayed by many less friendly observers.Barrett Seaman

Examples of uncurious in a Sentence

how can you be so uncurious about the world around you?
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Yet the film seems uncurious about the fate that befalls working-class men who go from deplorables to chumps and are then dismissed. Armond White, National Review, 18 Nov. 2020 The press has been remarkably uncurious about this development. Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1570, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uncurious was circa 1570

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“Uncurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncurious. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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