uninquiring

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adjective

Not inquiring; thus, lacking curiosity.

Similar
uninquisitiveincurious
Opposite
inquiring
OriginEnglish inquiring ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuninquiring (comparative more uninquiring, superlative most uninquiring)

comparative more uninquiring · superlative most uninquiring

  1. Not inquiring; thus, lacking curiosity.

    Your column might be dismissed as vapid and predigested pap, catering to and titillating, I must assume, the uninquiring minds […

    1988 January 15, C. Arnold, “Vapid Pap”, in Chicago Reader

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot inquiring

Similar
uninquisitive
Opposite
inquiring

adjectivedeficient in curiosity

Similar
uninquisitiveincurious
Also see
incuriousuninquisitive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishinquiring
  9. Englishuninquiring

From un- + inquiring.

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Cite this entry
APA

uninquiring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninquiring

MLA

“uninquiring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninquiring. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninquiring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninquiring.

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