Meanings
comparative more unconcerned · superlative most unconcerned
- Indifferent and having no interest; aloof.
[N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.
1660, [Richard Allestree], “Sect[ion] V. Of the Second Advantage, Wealth.”, in The Gentlemans Calling, London: […] T[imothy] Garthwait […], →OCLC, page 832 more examples
Often far away there I thought of these two, guarding the door of Darkness, knitting black wool as for a warm pall, one introducing, introducing, continuously to the unknown, the other scrutinising the cheery and foolish faces with unconcerned old eyes.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 200You understand the things that I've taught you: not to drink alcohol, not to use drugs. Don't use that cocaine or marijuana, because that stuff is highly addictive. When people become weed-heads they become sluggish, lazy, stupid, and unconcerned. Sluggish, lazy, stupid, and unconcerned. That's all marijuana does to you, okay?
2016, Frank Ocean, “Be Yourself”, in BlondeSynonyms: nonchalant, uninterested, aloof, cool, distant, frosty, hankty, hard-to-get
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveIndifferent and having no interest; aloof.
adjectiveNot anxious, apprehensive, or worried.
adjectiveHaving no involvement.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivelacking in interest or care or feeling
adjectiveeasy in mind; not worried
adjectivenot occupied or engaged with
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From un- + concerned or unconcern + -ed.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian безразличен, равнодушен
- безразличен (bezrazličen)not worried
- равнодушен (ravnodušen)indifferent
Esperanto nezorgema, nezorgema
- nezorgemanot worried
- nezorgemaindifferent
Finnish piittaamaton, välinpitämätön
- piittaamatonnot worried
- välinpitämätönnot worried
- välinpitämätönindifferent
German unbesorgt, gleichgültig
- unbesorgtnot worried
- gleichgültigindifferent
Hungarian nem aggódik/nyugtalankodik, érdektelen
- nem aggódik/nyugtalankodiknot worried
- érdektelenindifferent
- közömbösindifferent
- közönyösindifferent
- nemtörődömindifferent
- egykedvűindifferent
- szenvtelenindifferent
- részvétlenindifferent
Latin sēcūrus, incūriōsus
- sēcūrusnot worried
- incūriōsusnot worried
- sēcūrusindifferent
- incūriōsusindifferent
- indifferensindifferent
Spanish despreocupado, despreocupado
- despreocupadonot worried
- despreocupadoindifferent
- inconcernidoindifferent
Cite this entry
unconcerned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconcerned
“unconcerned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconcerned. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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