unconcern

[ uhn-kuhn-surn ]
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noun
  1. absence of feeling or concern; indifference.

  2. freedom from anxiety.

Origin of unconcern

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

synonym study For unconcern

1. See indifference.

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How to use unconcern in a sentence

  • This time he tried the one that folks call "unconcern," a look as if he had no troubles at all, as if he had nothing to hide.

    Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
  • The Danes were staring at him also, and he was grinning at them with white teeth through thick lips in all unconcern.

    A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. Whistler

British Dictionary definitions for unconcern

unconcern

/ (ˌʌnkənˈsɜːn) /


noun
  1. apathy or indifference

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