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Recent Examples of unconcern 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 But the other pole, blithe unconcern, carries its own dangers. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconcern
Noun
  • In the build-up to this scene, Jordan has a clash with the head of student life about their gender identity, and the school’s intentional disregard of their experience and language around it.
    Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Businessmen and revolutionaries alike tended to disregard borders.
    Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fortunately, the bear’s indifference is aided in part by responsible wildlife viewing.
    Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In public, Mark Kerr speaks amiably about his trainer turned rival and even takes him along for a rowdy impromptu meet-and-greet, but the lack of friction comes off less as a sign of his unflappability than of Safdie’s indifference to probing a friendship beyond buddy-comedy depth.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Unconcern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconcern. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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