incurious
Meaning
- Lacking interest or curiosity; uninterested.
- Apathetic or indifferent.
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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.
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