Antonyms for uncurious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kyoor-ee-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkyʊər i əs

Definition of uncurious

Origin : mid-14c., "eager to know" (often in a bad sense), from Old French curios "solicitous, anxious, inquisitive; odd, strange" (Modern French curieux) and directly from Latin curiosus "careful, diligent; inquiring eagerly, meddlesome," akin to cura "care" (see cure (n.)). The objective sense of "exciting curiosity" is 1715 in English. In booksellers' catalogues, the word means "erotic, pornographic." Curiouser and curiouser is from "Alice in Wonderland" (1865).

As in numb : adj deadened, insensitive
As in uninterested : adj oblivious to
As in withdrawn : adj unsociable
As in incurious : adj detached
As in detached : adj aloof, disinterested; neutral
As in disinterested : adj detached, uninvolved

Example sentences :

A wife is said to be uncurious only with regard to the source of her husbands money.
Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross

He brought the car to a halt and surveyed the dripping figure in the road with tired and uncurious eyes.
Extract from : « The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys » by Richard Harding Davis

Uncurious, un-kū′ri-us, adj. not curious or inquisitive: not strange.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) » by Various

Synonyms for uncurious

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