Dictionary

incurious en · ADJ

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Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. Lacking interest or curiosity; uninterested.
   • 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:
   • 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:
2. Apathetic or indifferent.

Forms

Antonyms

curious · curious

Deriveds

incuriousness · incuriously · incuriosity

Synonyms

noncurious · uncurious · uncurious · noncurious

Translations (2)

fr incurieux (lacking curiosity) · el απερίεργος (lacking curiosity)