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uninquiring

uninquiring adjective: not inquiring; thus, lacking curiosity.

Adjective

uninquiring (comparative more uninquiring, superlative most uninquiring)

  1. Not inquiring; thus, lacking curiosity.
    • Your column might be dismissed as vapid and predigested pap, catering to and titillating, I must assume, the uninquiring minds […1988 January 15, C. Arnold, “Vapid Pap”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of uninquiring

comparativemore uninquiring
superlativemost uninquiring

Origin of uninquiring

From un- + inquiring.

Words formed from uninquiring

Questions about uninquiring

What does uninquiring mean?
Uninquiring means not inquiring; thus, lacking curiosity.
What part of speech is uninquiring?
Uninquiring is an adjective.

Words near uninquiring in the dictionary

  1. uninodal
  2. uninodular
  3. uninomial
  4. uninominal
  5. uninquired
  6. uninquiring
  7. uninquiringly
  8. uninquisitive
  9. uninquisitively
  10. uninquisitiveness
  11. uninquisitorial

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