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incurious

adj

Etymology

From 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.

  1. derived from incuriosus

Definitions

  1. Lacking interest or curiosity

    Lacking interest or curiosity; uninterested.

    • A genuine Londoner is the most incurious animal in nature. Divide your acquaintance into two parts; the one set will never have seen Westminster Abbey—the other will be equally ignorant of St. Paul's.

  2. Apathetic or indifferent.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA