unconcerned
unconcerned adjective: indifferent and having no interest; aloof.
Adjective
unconcerned (comparative more unconcerned, superlative most unconcerned)
- Indifferent and having no interest; aloof.
- [N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.1660, [Richard Allestree], “Sect[ion] V. Of the Second Advantage, Wealth.”, in The Gentlemans Calling, London: […] T[imothy] Garthwait […], →OCLC, page 83
- Often far away there I thought of these two, guarding the door of Darkness, knitting black wool as for a warm pall, one introducing, introducing, continuously to the unknown, the other scrutinising the cheery and foolish faces with unconcerned old eyes.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 200
- Synonyms:
- nonchalant, uninterested, aloof, cool, distant, frosty, hankty, hard-to-get, offish, quiet
- Not anxious, apprehensive, or worried.
- She is completely unconcerned about the upcoming exams.
- Having no involvement.
- unconcerned in the business
- Synonyms:
- noninvolved, uninvolved
unconcerned meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
unconcerned in Tamil
- பொருட்படுத்தாத, கலந்துகொள்ளாத, தொடர்பற்ற, கருதாத
unconcerned in Urdu
- unconcerned
- اثر نا پذیر asar nā pazīr
unconcerned in Malayalam
- unmoved, indifferent, apathetic
- അനാസ്ഥമായ, താല്പര്യമില്ലാത്ത, ഇളകാത്ത, അലക്ഷ്യമായ, അശ്രദ്ധമായ, ഉദാസീനമായ
- untroubled, unworried, unruffled
- കുഴപ്പമില്ലാത്ത, ക്ലേശമില്ലാത്ത, അലട്ടില്ലാത്ത, സംക്ഷോഭമില്ലാത്ത, മനഃക്ഷോഭമില്ലാത്ത, അക്ഷോഭ
unconcerned in Kannada
- ಔದಾಸೀನ್ಯದ, ನಿರ್ಲಿಪ್ತ, ಸಂಬಂಧವಿಲ್ಲದ
Examples of unconcerned in a sentence
- He acted unconcerned so the others wouldn’t worry.
- Yahweh is not an unconcerned transcendent Deity but the caretaker of the dispossessed and the unpossessing.
- We could hear the birds, unconcerned about revealing their whereabouts, whistling unafraidly one to another.
Synonyms of unconcerned
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- standoffish
- thorny
- touch-me-not-ish
- unapproachable
- unbending
- undemonstrative
- unimpressionable
- uninvolved
- adiaphroistic
- apathetic
- apathistical
- blasé
- blithe
- deaf
- shiftless
- dispassionate
- dull
- enervated
- gallionic
- halfhearted
- impassive
- ineffervescible
- insouciant
- indifferent
- insensible
- jaded
- languid
- languorous
- lethargic
- listless
Forms of unconcerned
| comparative | more unconcerned |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unconcerned |
Origin of unconcerned
From un- + concerned or unconcern + -ed.
Words formed from unconcerned
Questions about unconcerned
- What does unconcerned mean?
- Unconcerned means indifferent and having no interest; aloof.
- What is unconcerned in Tamil?
- Unconcerned in Tamil is பொருட்படுத்தாத, கலந்துகொள்ளாத, தொடர்பற்ற. See Unconcerned meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is unconcerned?
- Unconcerned is an adjective.
Words near unconcerned in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unconcerned (page history and authors); unconcerned (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اثر نا پذیر (Urdu) (page history and authors); unconcerned (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unconcerned (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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