as in disregard
lack of interest or concern
a teacher who is trying to overcome her students' entrenched incuriosity about world events
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Noun
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Packer was charged with one count of animal attack resulting from owner's disregard for human life, a felony, the spokesperson said.—
Jessie DiMartino,
ABC News,
5 Sep. 2025 -
If that fact alone doesn’t outrage you, consider what this disregard of constitutional rights means for you.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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Our lives are a tenuous balance between living in the world—embracing it—and living in fear of its lethality and indifference.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Many of the deaths were preventable and due to a combination of staff incompetence and cruel indifference.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Incuriosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incuriosity. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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