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unconˈcernedness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being unconcerned; freedom from anxiety; indifference.
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §46 So little dejected with it, that he answered the Articles with great steddyness, and unconcernedness. 1675Wycherley Country Wife v. i, To shew my unconcernedness, I'll come to your wedding. 1738Gray Let. Poems (1775) 36 My resolution and unconcernedness in the midst of evils. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 65 To attain a perfect unconcernedness at everything past,..is more plausible in theory, than feasible in practice. 1800E. Hervey Mourtray Fam. I. 9 He possessed great equanimity of temper, and a quiet unconcernedness of mind. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 290 This union of inherent strength and unconcernedness about foreign aid is an adequate test of days anterior to Ahaz. |