"Idle curiosity" refers to having an interest or asking questions about something without any real purpose or intention to act upon that curiosity. It implies that the curiosity is merely a passing or idle interest, rather than something that is meaningful or motivated by a specific goal.
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As 2016 draws to a close, I thought I would perform an exercise
of idle curiosity and look back at which of my posts were most popular during the year.
This is just
idle curiosity on my part (so not asking for further response), yet I'd like one chance to rephrase my question in the form of an assertion.
Driven by their own desires — or perhaps
just idle curiosity — 22 playable buxom babes from Japan's secret ninja schools have signed up for the tournament, ready to put their reflexes, memory and speed to the test in a cooking competition unlike any other.
Somehow,
idle curiosity turned into deciding that instead of doing the 1,500 pushups I needed to do... my goal should be 5,000.
Augustine also thinks that pursuing some scientific questions can be
mere idle curiosity and a distraction from the more serious moral and religious purpose of human life.
This may be the result of more or
less idle curiosity on the part of the theologian, of the conviction that his authorities are also normative with regard to such matters, or of the belief that all truth is so interconnected that he must concern himself with everything.
Usually a Shy or White - capped Albatross as it is also known, it comes sweeping in barely above wave height on fixed wings, two metres from wingtip to wingtip, half circles the boat
in idle curiosity and then disappears into the blue beyond.
Driven by their own desires, or
just idle curiosity, 22 playable buxom beauties of Japan's secret ninja schools have signed up for the tournament, ready to put their reflexes, memory and speed to the test in a cooking competition unlike any other.
China's power struggles are no longer the subject of
idle curiosity, but a potential threat to our well being.
Do not put that habit down to
idle curiosity.
Palmer ignores it because he believes that in order to account for the violent trajectory of objectivism, he must find exclusively egoistic motivation —
idle curiosity and the desire for control — as the basic impetus behind it.
After all, the planet teems with perceptive creatures — of whom we are a small minority — and it's more than a matter of
idle curiosity to consider how life appears to them.
But more importantly, while Pielke had written that there was no change in drought trends, he put a little footnote - y thing to a journal paper that if you bothered to track down out of
idle curiosity and then read through the whole thing shows that there has in fact been an increase in drought in the West and Southwest.
Well, if nothing else, it satisfied
my idle curiosity and occupied a home - stranded afternoon.
Nor did it rummage through an employee's personal files out of
idle curiosity.