unconcern

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noun

Lack of interest or care; indifference or apathy.

Similar
nonchalanceindifference
Opposite
concern
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Meanings

noununconcern (countable and uncountable, plural unconcerns)

plural unconcerns

  1. countableuncountableLack of interest or care; indifference or apathy.

    The author of these words / Whose lifelong unconcern / Has been with flocks and herds / For what they didn't earn.

    1962, Robert Frost, “The Milky Way Is a Cowpath”, in In the Clearing, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, page 88
    1 more example

    Elizabeth took up some needlework, and was sufficiently amused in attending to what passed between Darcy and his companion. The perpetual commendations of the lady, either on his handwriting, or on the evenness of his lines, or on the length of his letter, with the perfect unconcern with which her praises were received, formed a curious dialogue, and was exactly in union with her opinion of each.

    1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
  2. countableuncountableFreedom from worry or apprehensiveness; insouciance or nonchalance.

    [Albert, about Bear asleep:] A soft smile of lovin' unconcern on his friendly face as he dozes on.

    1959 February 8, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 220

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern

Similar
nonchalanceindifference
Broader
carefreeness

nouna feeling of lack of concern

Opposite
concern
Broader
feeling
Also see
apathyindifferencenonchalance

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From un- + concern, around 1660–1670.

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Translations

Polish beztroska
  • beztroskafreedom from worry or apprehensiveness — see also carefreeness, insouciance, nonchalance
Russian беспе́чность, беззабо́тность
  • беспе́чность (bespéčnostʹ)freedom from worry or apprehensiveness — see also carefreeness, insouciance, nonchalance
  • беззабо́тность (bezzabótnostʹ)freedom from worry or apprehensiveness — see also carefreeness, insouciance, nonchalance
Ukrainian безтурбо́тність
  • безтурбо́тність (bezturbótnistʹ)freedom from worry or apprehensiveness — see also carefreeness, insouciance, nonchalance
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APA

unconcern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconcern

MLA

“unconcern.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconcern. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unconcern,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconcern.

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