as in disregard
lack of interest or concern
wore an expression of general unconcern throughout the trial
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Recent Examples of unconcern
But the other pole, blithe unconcern, carries its own dangers.
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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
The news that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday visited a San Francisco hair salon, against standing city ordinances, was the latest exhibition of privileged unconcern.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2020
There is a selfishness and unconcern for the elderly in the refusal of the young to take this pandemic seriously.
—Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2020
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
The news that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday visited a San Francisco hair salon, against standing city ordinances, was the latest exhibition of privileged unconcern.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2020
There is a selfishness and unconcern for the elderly in the refusal of the young to take this pandemic seriously.
—Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconcern
Noun
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To win a defamation case, California’s governor must show the statement was not just false, but made knowingly or with reckless disregard for the truth.—
Bethany Wales,
Sacbee.com,
27 June 2025
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The recent dismissal of Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to serve as Librarian of Congress, signals a troubling disregard for the importance and neutrality of libraries.—
Linda Johnson,
New York Daily News,
27 June 2025
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Soliman, a 45-year-old from Egypt, is now facing two first-degree murder charges – one for extreme indifference and the other with intent and after deliberation, the district attorney’s office said.—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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The first count is first-degree murder under an extreme indifference theory and the second count is first-degree murder with intent after deliberation.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
30 June 2025
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“Unconcern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconcern. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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