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
Yet the film seems uncurious about the fate that befalls working-class men who go from deplorables to chumps and are then dismissed.
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Armond White, National Review, 18 Nov. 2020
Armond White, National Review, 18 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncurious
Adjective
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Scott inflicts Ohm’s nonchalant meanness with a piercingly perverse matter-of-factness that places the character as far away as possible from the realm of likeability.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Margot Robbie’s understanding of the assignment is evident, her fringe frame coupled with a low and loosely bound ponytail (another hallmark of the nonchalant set).—
Calin Van Paris,
InStyle,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The sport is still years away from drawing the casual fan to the arena.—
Mac Engel
March 31,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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It’s built for casual listening virtually anywhere, including the park, the beach, or at home, and offers up to 7 hours of battery life on a single charge.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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To the unfamiliar and incurious, the cacophony is unintelligible mush, but Che’s melodic knack and unpredictable cadences hold as much feeling as flash, yielding some of his most potent songs yet.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
2 Dec. 2025
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Next came a disastrous interview with CBS’s Katie Couric in which Palin seemed to reveal herself to be uninformed and blithely incurious about most things unrelated to Alaska.—
Time,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Uncurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncurious. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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