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Incurious definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCU'RIOUS, a. [in and curious.] Destitute of curiosity; not curious or inquisitive; inattentive.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them" [ant: curious]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin incuriosus, from in- + curiosus curious Date: circa 1618 lacking a normal or usual curiosity ; uninterested <a blank incurious stare> Synonyms: see indifferent • incuriosity noun • incuriously adverb • incuriousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 lacking curiosity. 2 heedless, careless. Derivatives: incuriosity n. incuriously adv. incuriousness n. Etymology: L incuriosus (as IN-(1), CURIOUS)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Incurious 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Uninquisitive, inattentive, unobservant, careless, heedless, indifferent, uninterested, destitute of curiosity.

Moby Thesaurus

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uninvolved, unmarking, unmindful, unnoticing, unnoting, unobservant, unobserving, unremarking, unsolicitous, withdrawn