as in nonchalant
having or showing a lack of interest or concern
how can you be so uncurious about the world around you?
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Recent Examples of uncurious
The media approaches these stories in kind of an uncurious way.
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Yet the film seems uncurious about the fate that befalls working-class men who go from deplorables to chumps and are then dismissed.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Nov. 2020
Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Yet the film seems uncurious about the fate that befalls working-class men who go from deplorables to chumps and are then dismissed.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncurious
Adjective
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This nonchalant maneuver enables Jefferson to extol America as the seat and refuge of liberty over and against the contradictions of the hour.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 June 2026
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Behind the black shades, the 22-year-old looked like a mirror image of her mom, channeling Paltrow's signature nonchalant pose.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
5 June 2026
Adjective
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Seventeen food and beverage options include beachside food trucks for casual family meals.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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Pasjoli is his more casual French neighborhood bistro.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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Underneath all of that old Jewish humor is a woman who makes no effort to get to know the person her child has become, and who remains incurious about the parts of the world that don’t fit with her agenda.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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When Obama met Trump for a ritual pre-Inauguration visit to the Oval Office, he was struck by how unschooled and incurious the President-elect was.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Uncurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncurious. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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