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incurious

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in·cu·ri·ous  (n-kyr-s)
adj.
Lacking intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; uninterested.
in·curi·osi·ty (-s-t), in·curi·ous·ness n.
in·curi·ous·ly adv.
incurious [ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs]
adj
not curious; indifferent or uninterested
incuriosity  [ɪnˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ], incuriousness n
incuriously  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.incurious - showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them"
curious - eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings"
Translations
incurious [ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs] ADJ → indiferente
to be incurious about sth → ser indiferente a algo
incurious
adj (= not curious) → nicht wissbegierig, nicht neugierig; (= uninterested) → gleichgültig, uninteressiert
incurious [ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs] adj → indifferente
incurious [ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs] adj → indifferente


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With such commodiousness of situation, these two learned persons sat themselves down, each in his own domain, yet familiarly passing from one apartment to the other, and bestowing a mutual and not incurious inspection into one another's business.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
It is surprising to notice how well this remote tribe of savages had learnt, through intermediate gossips, the private feelings of the colonists at Astoria; it shows that Indians are not the incurious and indifferent observers that they have been represented.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
In each letter he had spoken well of his captain; but yet, so little were they in the habit of attending to such matters, so unobservant and incurious were they as to the names of men or ships, that it had made scarcely any impression at the time; and that Mrs Musgrove should have been suddenly struck, this very day, with a recollection of the name of Wentworth, as connected with her son, seemed one of those extraordinary bursts of mind which do sometimes occur.
Persuasion by Austen, Jane View in context
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