incurious
incurious adjective: lacking interest or curiosity; uninterested.
Adjective
incurious (comparative more incurious, superlative most incurious)
- 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.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 233
- It takes an extraordinarily incurious mind to believe, in 2019, that the most vulnerable populations online are moderate Republicans like himself, given what women and people of color who dare to participate in public discourse routinely face.2019 September 3, David Karpf, “Bret Stephens Compared Me to a Nazi Propagandist in the New York Times. It Proved My Point.”, in Esquire
- Synonyms:
- uncurious, noncurious
- Antonyms:
- curious
- Apathetic or indifferent.
- Synonyms:
- uncurious, noncurious
- Antonyms:
- curious
incurious meaning in Tamil and Urdu
incurious in Tamil
- அறிய ஆவலற்ற, ஆர்வமில்லா, அக்கறையற்ற
incurious in Urdu
- متغافل
Synonyms of incurious
Antonyms
Forms of incurious
| comparative | more incurious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most incurious |
Origin of incurious
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.
Words formed from incurious
Questions about incurious
- What does incurious mean?
- Incurious means lacking interest or curiosity; uninterested.
- What is incurious in Tamil?
- Incurious in Tamil is அறிய ஆவலற்ற, ஆர்வமில்லா, அக்கறையற்ற. See Incurious meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is incurious?
- Incurious is an adjective.
Words near incurious in the dictionary
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