adj
Meaning 1
Lacking interest or curiosity; uninterested.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uncurious, noncurious
Antonyms: curious
Standard Lemma guide
incurious
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adj
Meaning 2
Apathetic or indifferent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uncurious, noncurious
Antonyms: curious
adjective
Meaning 3
showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: curious
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: incurieux — lacking curiosity
- Greek: απερίεργος (aperíergos) — lacking curiosity