as in nonchalant
having or showing a lack of interest or concern
how can you be so uncurious about the world around you?
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Recent Examples of uncurious
Yet the film seems uncurious about the fate that befalls working-class men who go from deplorables to chumps and are then dismissed.
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Armond White, National Review, 18 Nov. 2020
The press has been remarkably uncurious about this development.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018
Armond White, National Review, 18 Nov. 2020
The press has been remarkably uncurious about this development.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncurious
Adjective
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Ray fluctuates more, is nonchalant about a few things, which drives me nuts.—
Bobby Narang,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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At the meeting, Hanes seemed oddly nonchalant, exuding the air of an overconfident salesman.—
David Yaffe-Bellany,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Network executives might complain, and casual viewers may go to bed, but these are not the factors that determine the Oscars’ success — in the here and now, or in the long term.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
3 Mar. 2025
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Even far more casual runners, cyclists, and gym-goers—anyone who’s active—can underfuel too, McConville says.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The food stash, the waste disposal, none of that comes into play, and the characters are wholly incurious about whatever’s going on outside their cave.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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As the other geese remained tucked in their warm positions, incurious, Edes scanned the field.—
Rivka Galchen,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2024
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“Uncurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncurious. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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