incuriousness

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Wells in The Outline of History, "the incuriousness of the Roman rich and their Roman rulers was more massive and monumental even than their architecture."

From Time Magazine Archive

This incuriousness is not a peculiarity of Londoners only.

From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)

The virtue he loved was simple, sociable, gay, sprightly, and playful; to use one of his own expressions, ‘Ignorance and incuriousness are two charming pillows for a sound head.’

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry

I can say little for the style of the story-stuff contained in this Breslau text, which has been edited with phenomenal incuriousness.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Incuriosity -- N. incuriosity, incuriousness &c. adj.; insouciance &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark