Apathetic
Apathetic adjective - Having or showing a lack of interest or concern.
Nearby Words: apathy, apathetically
Curious
Curious adjective - Interested in what is not one's own business.
Usage example: curious neighbors peered out of their windows as the new people moved in
Both words in one sentence
- Orr from Catch-22, whose curious, giggle-prone and careless nature makes even the snarky, apathetic protagonist Yossarian want to hug him.
Source: Adorkable / Literature - ZAX, Eden, Skynet...all of them became self-aware when there were no humans around to interfere in their development, and each of them is quite different, being apathetic, psychotic, and bored/curious, respectively.
Source: AI Is A Crapshoot / Video Games
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