Meaning of INCURIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | in'kyûreeus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them" |
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| | Synonyms: | | uninquiring, uninquisitive, uninterested |
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| | Antonyms: | | curious | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*cu"ri*ous\, 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.
Carelessnesses and incurious deportments toward their
children. --Jer. Taylor.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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uninvolved, unmarking, unmindful, unnoticing, unnoting, unobservant, unobserving, unremarking, unsolicitous, withdrawn |
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