uncare

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un- +‎ care.

Verb[edit]

uncare (third-person singular simple present uncares, present participle uncaring, simple past and past participle uncared)

  1. (intransitive) To cease from caring
    • 2007, Sally Watson, The Ivory Cat:
      A shattering thought struck her. She had allowed it to happen, after all! Permitted herself to care about her companions! And it was too late now to uncare!

Noun[edit]

uncare (uncountable)

  1. Lack or absence of care
    • 1998, Ken Wilber, The Essential Ken Wilber:
      And gone the Godless destiny of death and desperation, and gone the madness of a life committed to uncare, and gone the tears and terror of the brutal days and endless nights where time alone would rule.