unconcern

[ uhn-kuhn-surn ]

noun

1. absence of feeling or concern; indifference.

   Synonyms: insouciance, nonchalance

2. freedom from anxiety.

unconcern

/ ˌʌnkənˈsɜːn /

noun

1. apathy or indifference

Word History and Origins

Origin of unconcern¹

First recorded in 1660–70; un- ¹ + concern

Synonym Study

See indifference.

Example Sentences

His attitude veered from playful unconcern to cool indifference, as he told macabre jokes about surviving riots and poked fun at clichés and stereotypes about Muslims.

From BBC

Most of Ukraine’s ravaged cultural sites are like the shelled Reims Cathedral: perhaps not directly targeted, but destroyed with ruthless unconcern.

From New York Times

It takes time to figure all of this out, which may signal confidence in the audience on the part of Wills and Tarker, or brash unconcern.

From New York Times

She opened her eyes, and we all started as she said, sweetly and seemingly with the utmost unconcern:—

From Literature

The era of blissful unconcern may be ending.

From Washington Post