incurious

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=cu=ri=ous

CIDE DICTIONARY

incurious, a. [L. incuriosus: cf. F. incurieux. See In- not, and Curious.].

 Not curious or inquisitive; without care for or interest in; inattentive; careless; negligent; heedless.  [1913 Webster]
"Carelessnesses and incurious deportments toward their children."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

incurious, adj.
1 lacking curiosity.
2 heedless, careless.

Derivative

incuriosity n. incuriously adv. incuriousness n.

Etymology

L incuriosus (as IN-(1), CURIOUS)

THESAURUS

incurious

absent, absentminded, abstracted, aloof, apathetic, ataractic, blase, bored, careless, casual, detached, devil-may-care, disinterested, dispassionate, disregardant, disregardful, distant, distracted, distrait, distraught, easygoing, heedless, impassive, inadvertent, inattentive, indifferent, inexcitable, inobservant, insouciant, lackadaisical, listless, mindless, negligent, nonchalant, perfunctory, phlegmatic, pococurante, preoccupied, reckless, regardless, remote, stolid, thoughtless, turned-off, unanxious, unconcerned, undiscriminating, unheedful, unheeding, uninquiring, uninterested, uninvolved, unmarking, unmindful, unnoticing, unnoting, unobservant, unobserving, unremarking, unsolicitous, withdrawn

ROGET THESAURUS

incurious

Incuriosity

N incuriosity, incuriousness, insouciance, indifference, lack of interest, disinterest, boredom, ennui (weariness), satiety, foreknowledge (foresight), incurious, uninquisitive, indifferent, impassive, uninterested, detached, aloof.