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The quality of failing to be considerate of others
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inconsideration
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of failing to be considerate of others [syn: inconsiderateness , thoughtlessness ] [ant: consideration , consideration ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, from Late Latin inconsiderationem (nominative inconsideratio ) "inconsiderateness," from inconsideratus (see inconsiderate ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inconsideration \In`con*sid`er*a"tion\, n. [L. inconsideratio: cf. F. inconsid['e]ration.] Lack of due consideration; inattention to consequences; inconsiderateness. Blindness of mind, inconsideration, precipitation. --Jer. Taylor. Not gross, willful, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Lack of due consideration; inattention to consequences, thoughtlessness.
Usage examples of inconsideration.
Let the good and the virtuous of the alumni of the University do this, and the disorderly will then be singled out for observation, and deterred by punishment, or disabled by expulsion, from infecting with their inconsideration the institution itself, and the sound mass of those which it is preparing for virtue and usefulness.
Had there been none the ape-man might have considered this the land of ultimate perfection, for who is there more conversant with the cruelty and inconsideration of man than the savage beasts of the jungle?
I apologize not only for the pain I caused you, but also the inconsideration I displayed by manipulating these mortals.
He has had great faults, faults of inconsideration and thoughtlessness.