Standard Lemma guide

unconcerned

adj · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Indifferent and having no interest; aloof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nonchalant, uninterested, aloof, cool, distant, frosty, hankty, hard-to-get, offish, quiet, remote, standoffish, strange, thorny, touch-me-not-ish, unapproachable, unbending, undemonstrative, unimpressionable, uninvolved, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, shiftless, dispassionate, dull, enervated, gallionic, halfhearted, heartless, impassive, ineffervescible, insouciant, indifferent, insensible, jaded, languid, languorous, Laodicean, lethargic, listless, lackadaisical, lotophagous, lukewarm, meh, mopey, nonplussed, otiose, phlegmatic, pococurante, spiritless, supine, tepid, torpid, torpedinous, unaroused, uncaring, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unimpressible, unlively, unmoved, untouched, unzealous, world-weary

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not anxious, apprehensive, or worried.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She is completely unconcerned about the upcoming exams.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: at ease, mellow, airy, at peace, carefree, careless, casual, chill, cool, devil-may-care, easy-breezy, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, indifferent, insouciant, laid-back, leisurely, lighthearted, loose, nonchalant, pococurante, relaxed, serene, solute, tranquil, unanxious, unbothered, unconcerned, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled, unworried, wanton

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having no involvement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • unconcerned in the business

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: noninvolved, uninvolved

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

lacking in interest or care or feeling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the average American...is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions...beyond the normal citizen's comprehension and control
  • blithely unconcerned about his friend's plight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: concerned

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

not occupied or engaged with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • readers unconcerned with style

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

easy in mind; not worried

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the prisoner seems entirely unconcerned as to the outcome of the examination

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + concerned or unconcern + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: равнодушен (ravnodušen) — indifferent
  • Esperanto: nezorgema — indifferent
  • Finnish: välinpitämätön — indifferent
  • German: gleichgültig — indifferent
  • Hungarian: érdektelen — indifferent
  • Hungarian: közömbös — indifferent
  • Hungarian: közönyös — indifferent
  • Hungarian: nemtörődöm — indifferent
  • Hungarian: egykedvű — indifferent
  • Hungarian: szenvtelen — indifferent
  • Hungarian: részvétlen — indifferent
  • Latin: sēcūrus — indifferent
  • Latin: incūriōsus — indifferent
  • Latin: indifferens — indifferent
  • Plautdietsch: onbekjemmat — indifferent
  • Serbo-Croatian: ravnodušan — indifferent
  • Serbo-Croatian: nezainteresiran — indifferent
  • Spanish: despreocupado — indifferent
  • Spanish: inconcernido — indifferent
  • Bulgarian: безразличен (bezrazličen) — not worried
  • Esperanto: nezorgema — not worried
  • Finnish: piittaamaton — not worried
  • Finnish: välinpitämätön — not worried
  • German: unbesorgt — not worried
  • Hungarian: nem aggódik/nyugtalankodik — not worried
  • Latin: sēcūrus — not worried
  • Latin: incūriōsus — not worried
  • Serbo-Croatian: nezabrinut — not worried
  • Spanish: despreocupado — not worried