单词 | unconcerned |
释义 | unconcerned (once / 2015 pages) adj If you're unconcerned, you don't care — you're just not that interested. It's not ideal for the principal of a high school to be unconcerned about bullying. It can hurt your feelings when you sense that someone's unconcerned about your well being or happiness. A soccer coach might appear to be unconcerned about her players if she yells at them to get up and keep running whenever they fall and hurt themselves. The word can sometimes have a less callous meaning, when you're simply not worried about something: "I'm unconcerned about my SAT score — I'm sure I did fine." WORD FAMILYunconcerned: unconcernedly+/concern: concerned, concerning, concerns, self-concern, unconcern/concerned: concernedly, unconcerned/unconcern: unconcerns USAGE EXAMPLESWe captured almost no salmon or trout, but the team seemed unconcerned. The New Yorker(Dec 26, 2016) He won by branding his opponent a big-spending liberal, unconcerned about fiscal prudence. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) The unconventional vetting procedures are in keeping with Trump’s presidential style thus far, unconcerned with tradition or business as usual. Seattle Times(Dec 13, 2016) 1adj lacking in interest or care or feeling the average American...is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions...beyond the normal citizen's comprehension and control blithely unconcerned about his friend's plight Syn|Ant careless marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful blasenonchalantly unconcerned blithelacking or showing a lack of due concern casual, insouciant, nonchalantmarked by blithe unconcern degage, detached, uninvolvedshowing lack of emotional involvement indifferentshowing no care or concern in attitude or action untroublednot beset by troubles or disturbance or distress concerned feeling or showing worry or solicitude attentive(often followed by `to') giving care or attention afraidfilled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement afraidfeeling worry or concern or insecurity haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken uphaving or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something solicitousfull of anxiety and concern troubledcharacterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need 2adj not occupied or engaged with readers unconcerned with style Syn uninvolved not involved 3adj easy in mind; not worried the prisoner seems entirely unconcerned as to the outcome of the examination Syn untroubled not beset by troubles or disturbance or distress |
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