Antonyms of adj inquisitive

2 senses of inquisitive

Sense 1
inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering (prenominal) -- (showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow")

INDIRECT (VIA curious) -> incurious -- (showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them")

Sense 2
inquisitive -- (inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive")

INDIRECT (VIA inquiring) -> uninquiring, uninquisitive -- (not inquiring)

Similarity of adj inquisitive

2 senses of inquisitive

Sense 1
inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering (prenominal) -- (showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow")
       => curious (vs. incurious) -- (eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings")

Sense 2
inquisitive -- (inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive")
       => inquiring (vs. uninquiring) -- (given to inquiry; "an inquiring mind")

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