Synonyms of unconcern

unconcern

noun

ˌən-kən-ˈsərn 

as in disregard

lack of interest or concern

wore an expression of general unconcern throughout the trial

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disregard
• indifference
• nonchalance
• insouciance
• casualness
• apathy
• disinterestedness
• complacence
• incuriosity
• torpor
• carelessness
• recklessness
• unawareness
• lukewarmness
• incuriousness
• lethargy
• heedlessness
• coldness
• tepidity
• callousness
• detachment
• tepidness
• aloofness
• dispassion
• impassivity
• impassiveness
• stoicism
• stolidity
• hardness
• insensitivity
• halfheartedness
• callosity
• listlessness
• hard-heartedness
• phlegm
• cool
• bloodlessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• concern
• interest
• regard
• awareness
• curiosity
• attention
• keenness
• attentiveness
• sensitivity
• prejudice
• conscientiousness
• bias
• desire
• partiality
• zeal
• warmth
• heedfulness
• vehemence
• ardor
• warmheartedness
• passion
• fervency

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unconcern

The book’s occasional oases of self-examination are surrounded by dusty expanses of omission and unconcern. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025

Whatever the reason, Maxwell’s strength and the shark’s apparent unconcern put one of Maxwell’s friends in danger. — Donald Millus, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2025

Not ten feet away, a man moved his bowels beside a street near Union Square, while pedestrians passed him with the unconcern of people already elsewhere, émigrés to a pixelated country beyond the reach of others’ desperation. — Andrew Kay, Harpers Magazine, 28 May 2025

Every expression of concern is in fact an expression of unconcern about something else; each of them merits a rebuke and you have been appointed (by yourself, but nevermind) to deliver it. — Rebecca Solnit january 31, Literary Hub, 31 Jan. 2024

Most of Ukraine’s ravaged cultural sites are like the shelled Reims Cathedral: perhaps not directly targeted, but destroyed with ruthless unconcern. — Jason Farago, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022

Marked by the artist’s apparent unconcern with conventional modeling and draftsmanship and by the velvety smoothness of his brushwork, the paintings exude an aura of quietude and utter perfection unrivaled in the work of his peers. — Mary Tompkins Lewis, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2022

The word-play conveys somehow a sense of confidence and unconcern. — George Calhoun, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021