uncaringadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkɛːrɪŋ/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkɛːrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈkɛrɪŋ/ (un- prefix1 4, 7b.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective]
carelessOE
negligentc1390
recklessc1425
neutral1494
indifferent?1520
undifferentc1540
uncareful1560
unmindful1560
unaddicted1583
unmindful1585
perfunctory1602
disinteressed1603
come day, go day (God send Sunday)1616
disinteresteda1631
Laodicean1633
vacanta1639
unconcerned1645
easy1649
mawkish1679
indifferinga1694
concernless1706
unminding1714
nonchalanta1734
coolrife1768
uninterested1772
uncaring1786
tooth-picking1814
pococurante1815
pococurantish1821
insouciant1829
non-committal1829
don't-care1830
promiscuous1837
don't-carish1838
unpartial1840
noncurantist1882
noncuranta1913
casual1916
Gallionic1920
disengaged1958
1786 R. Burns Poems 179 Debar a' side-pretences; And resolutely keep it's laws, Uncaring consequences.
1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 86 She was so overflowing with health and spirits, so fearless and uncaring.
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xxvii. 394 A few Persian carpets are sometimes thrown about near the divan [and] give to the room an appearance of uncaring luxury.
1896 R. Kipling Hymn before Action in Seven Seas 103 Deaf ear and soul uncaring, We seek Thy mercy now!
Derivatives
unˈcaringly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > indifference > [adverb]
indifferently1574
perfunctorily1581
perfunctoriously1609
unconcernedly1636
disaffectedly1646
inconcernedly1695
gaily1810
nonchalantly1836
off-handed1840
uncovetingly1862
uncaringly1868
insouciantly1880
uninterestedly1891
disinterestedly1941
1868 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 208 Put into language outspoken, it says, ‘Plunge thyself uncaringly into evil’.
unˈcaringness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > indifference > [noun]
carelessness1561
neutrality1561
indifferency1608
perfunctoriness1626
indifference1660
unconcernment1660
slightiness1662
unconcernedness1675
nonchalance1678
upsitting1680
equilibrium1685
inconcernedness1688
unconcernness1700
unconcern1711
indifferentness1727
Laodiceanism1774
facility1791
insouciance1799
aloofness1817
don't-carishness1821
pococurantism1823
don't-careism1834
don't-care-a-damnativeness1841
nonchalantness1878
casualness1882
disinterest1889
noncurance1904
uncaringness1930
1930 A. Huxley Brief Candles 5 The superficial charm and good humour of the man seemed to overlie a fundamental hardness, an uncaringness, a hostility even.
1955 E. Bowen World of Love iv. 78 Oh, how the vice of uncaringness had been hers; she had neither heart nor wish for a living creature.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1786