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uncare

uncare verb: to cease from caring.

Verb

uncare (third-person singular simple present uncares, present participle uncaring, simple past and past participle uncared)

  1. (intransitive) To cease from caring.
    • A shattering thought struck her. She had allowed it to happen, after all! Permitted herself to care about her companions! And it was too late now to uncare!2007, Sally Watson, The Ivory Cat

Noun

uncare (uncountable)

  1. Lack or absence of care.
    • And gone the Godless destiny of death and desperation, and gone the madness of a life committed to uncare, and gone the tears and terror of the brutal days and endless nights where time alone would rule.1998, Ken Wilber, The Essential Ken Wilber

Forms of uncare

third-person singular presentuncares
present participleuncaring
past participleuncared
pastuncared

Origin of uncare

From un- + care.

Questions about uncare

What does uncare mean?
Uncare means to cease from caring.
What part of speech is uncare?
Uncare can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of uncare?
The past tense of uncare is uncared.

Words near uncare in the dictionary

  1. uncardinaled
  2. uncardinaling
  3. uncardinalled
  4. uncardinalling
  5. uncardinals
  6. uncare
  7. uncared
  8. uncared-for
  9. uncareful
  10. uncarefully
  11. uncarefulness

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