Antonyms of adj uninquiring

2 senses of uninquiring

Sense 1
uninquiring (vs. inquiring), uninquisitive -- (not inquiring)

inquiring (vs. uninquiring) -- (given to inquiry; "an inquiring mind")
        => fact-finding, investigative, investigatory -- (designed to find information or ascertain facts; "a fact-finding committee"; "investigative reporting")
        => inquisitive -- (inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive")
        => inquisitorial -- (having the authority to conduct official investigations; "the inquisitorial power of the Senate")
        => inquisitorial -- (marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor; "the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism"; "a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents"- Waldo Frank)
        => inquisitory, probing, searching -- (diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation; "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings")

Sense 2
uninquiring, uninquisitive -- (deficient in curiosity)

INDIRECT (VIA incurious) -> curious -- (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")

Similarity of adj uninquiring

2 senses of uninquiring

Sense 1
uninquiring (vs. inquiring), uninquisitive -- (not inquiring)

Sense 2
uninquiring, uninquisitive -- (deficient in curiosity)
       => incurious (vs. curious) -- (showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them")

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