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Meaning of "incurious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INCURIOUS

incurious  [ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCURIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incurious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INCURIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of incurious in the English dictionary

The definition of incurious in the dictionary is not curious; indifferent or uninterested.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCURIOUS


Aquarius
əˈkwɛərɪəs
curious
ˈkjʊərɪəs
furious
ˈfjʊərɪəs
hilarious
hɪˈlɛərɪəs
injurious
ɪnˈdʒʊərɪəs
luxurious
lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs
Marius
ˈmɛərɪəs
mysterious
mɪˈstɪərɪəs
penurious
pɪˈnjʊərɪəs
perjurious
pɜːˈdʒʊərɪəs
Sagittarius
ˌsædʒɪˈtɛərɪəs
serious
ˈsɪərɪəs
spurious
ˈspjʊərɪəs
sulfureous
sʌlˈfjʊərɪəs
sulphureous
sʌlˈfjʊərɪəs
superluxurious
ˌsuːpərlʌɡˈʒʊərɪəs
uncurious
ʌnˈkjʊərɪəs
unluxurious
ˌʌnlʌɡˈʒʊərɪəs
usurious
juːˈzjʊərɪəs
various
ˈvɛərɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCURIOUS

incur
incurability
incurable
incurableness
incurably
incuriosity
incuriously
incuriousness
incurrable
incurred
incurrence
incurrent
incurring
incursion
incursive
incurvate
incurvation
incurvature
incurve
incurvity

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCURIOUS

bi-curious
carious
deleterious
delicious
delirious
glorious
gregarious
illustrious
imperious
industrious
inglorious
laborious
lugubrious
meritorious
multifarious
nefarious
notorious
precarious
vainglorious
vicarious
victorious

Synonyms and antonyms of incurious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INCURIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «incurious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of incurious

Translation of «incurious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCURIOUS

Find out the translation of incurious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incurious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incurious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

漠不关心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indiferente
570 millions of speakers

English

incurious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जिज्ञासाशून्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

incurious
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нелюбопытны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incurious
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনাকর্ষণীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incurieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jahat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

incurious
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

好奇心のない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

incurious
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Incurious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không hiếu kỳ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆவல் அற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेजबाबदार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

meraksız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

privo di curiosità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Obojętnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

не допитливі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lipsit de curiozitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδιάφορο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onnieuwsgierig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

incurious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

incurious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incurious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCURIOUS»

The term «incurious» is normally little used and occupies the 123.704 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCURIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incurious

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCURIOUS»

Discover the use of incurious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incurious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
The gods look down, Incurious of themselves. Jfr«. Browning, Aurora Leigh, i. Of Immortality the soul when well employed is incurious. Emerson, Conduct of Life. His faint incurious ease he nursed. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 177. 2.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906
2
The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
The state or character of being incurious ; want of curiosity; inattentiveness; indifference. But his IPilate's] incuriosity or Indifference, when truth was offered to be laid before him as a private man, . . . shews him in a light much less excusable .
William Dwight Whitney, 1889
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
The state or character of being incurious ; want of curiosity; inattentiveness; indifference. But his [Pilate's] incuriosity or Indifference, when truth was offered to be laid before him as a private man, . . . shews him in a light much less excusable .
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
4
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
The state or character of being incurious ; want of curiosity; inattentiveness ; indifference. But his [Pilate's] incuriosity or indifference, when truth was offered to be laid before him as a private man, . . . shews him in a light much less excusable .
‎1906
5
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
The state or character of being incurious ; want of curiosity; inattentiveness; indifference. But his [Pilate's] incuriosity or indifference, when truth was offered to be laid before him as a private man, . . . shews him in a light much less excusable .
‎1911
6
GURPS For Dummies
No player is completely uninterested in the mysteries of the campaign, but you may decide that your character isn't interested, in which case we recommend taking the Incurious disadvantage. Or you may recognize that your character really ...
Adam Griffith, Bjoern-Erik Hartsfvang, Stuart J. Stuple, 2006
7
What A Zoo!
(Simian simplus) Habitat: The White Monkey House Prey: Gore-illa, Kerrier Pigeon, Sow Dam, Oranga bin Tanga, Kim Jong Eel, Aximals of Evil Enemies: Donkey Herd, Oranga bin Tanga v^uriosity may have killed the cat, but Incurious George ...
John Barry and Sean Barry
8
American encyclopedic dictionary
The quality or stato of being incurious; want of or freedom from curiosity or inquisitiveness ; indifference. "His incuriosity or indifference when truth was offered to be laid before him." — Warburton: Works, vol. ix., eer. 1. In-Cttr'-I-OUB, a.
Robert Hunter, John Alfred Williams, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage, 1897
9
The American encyclopædic dictionary
Blair.- Sermons. In-CttM-ftfl-I-tf . «. [Prof, in- (2), and English curiosity (q. v.).] The quality or stato of being incurious; want of or freedom from curiosity or iuquisitiveuebs; indifference. "His incuriosity or indifference when truth was offered to be laid ...
S. J. Herrtage, John A. Williams, Robert Hunter, 1897
10
In His Father's Shadow: The Transformations of George W. Bush
But if this is true, how did he become a two-term governor and then president? Incurious? "Is he curious?" is a question often raised about Mr. Bush. Its origins are the view among his critics that he is a dim bulb, made so by his lack of interest.
Stanley A. Renshon, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCURIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incurious is used in the context of the following news items.
1
John F. Kennedy Jr. is given a burial at sea in 1999 - NY Daily News
His ashes were sent out into the vast, incurious sea in a midday service as brief and private as his father's was long and public. JFK JR. «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
2
Hey, You Don't Have To Read Harper Lee's New Book
Stiff-arming the new book for the sake of preserving your relationship with the old one might seem cowardly, or at least unappealingly incurious, ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
3
Fr. Serra's Irrational Critics – OpEd
The media are strikingly incurious when it comes to assessing those who claim to speak for Native Americans. To be explicit, organizations ... «Eurasia Review, Jul 15»
4
You Can't Kill Mr. Goodbar
At the front desk, the secretary was willing to let me look around, disconcertingly incurious about my unannounced appearance. «Newsweek, Jul 15»
5
The cultural boundaries around expression in the US
One of his targets is, in fact, the legion of “the incurious,” who condemn books they haven't read or plays they haven't seen. (One of Shipler's own books, The ... «Columbia Journalism Review, Jul 15»
6
FIFA Paying Women's World Cup Victors Less Than Male Losers …
The Atlantic, the Associated Press, and other outlets similarly noted the pay disparity but remained curiously incurious about why. The writers ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
7
Cowen and Tsipras - different forms of ineptitude, both resulting in …
Over the course of Wednesday, he showed how unquestioning, incurious and complacent he was. That such a man can make it to the very ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
8
'Life #6,' by Diana Wagman
... “Life #6,” about 49-year-old Fiona, a part-time art educator at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles who gives tours to snickering, incurious teenagers ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
9
The Best Friend There Is: Keeping Time with Brazenhead Books
“He does not have an incurious bone in his body,” says Cheshire. In addition to recent publications by the younger set, including Cheshire, ... «The Millions, Jul 15»
10
How surfing's valuable artifacts came to Santa Cruz
To a dispassionate or incurious eye, they are merely two planks of gray weathered wood, something you might come across moldering in the ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jul 15»

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