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单词 unenquiring
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unenquiringadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, English enquiring , inquiring adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + enquiring, variant of inquiring adj. Compare uninquiring adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unenˈquiring.
(un- prefix1 4.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective] > not curious
uncurious1570
uninquisitive1595
unsearching1599
incurious1613
unexamining1682
unasking1722
uninvestigating1802
uninquiring1804
unenquiring1813
1813 C. Lamb Play-house Mem. in Wks. (1908) I. 202 I love the unenquiring gratitude of such spectators.
1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 65 He is a son of the church because he is unenquiring.
1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 373 It demands..unenquiring condemnation and unpitying punishment.

Derivatives

unenˈquiringly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > [adverb] > without curiosity
incuriously1603
uncuriously1667
unenquiringly1841
1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §50. 191 They give themselves up..unenquiringly to mere traditions concerning it.
1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 350 The American missionaries..threw themselves unenquiringly..into a crusade against the prevailing licentiousness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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