Curious and Incurious

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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

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Incurious is an antonym for curious in topics: inquisitive, understanding, very odd.

Nearby Words: curiosity, curiously, curio

Incurious adjective - Showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity.

Usage example: strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them

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Curious is an antonym for incurious.

Nearby Word: incuriously

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