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The quality of failing to be considerate of others
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thoughtlessness
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thoughtless \Thought"less\, adv. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act. Giddy; gay; dissipated. [R.] --Johnson. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. --Dryden. ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 disregard for other's feelings 2 heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of failing to be considerate of others [syn: inconsideration , inconsiderateness ] [ant: consideration , consideration ] the trait of not thinking carefully before acting [syn: unthoughtfulness ] [ant: thoughtfulness ]
Usage examples of thoughtlessness.
I thanked him for the information, but my thoughtlessness prevented me from profiting by it.
Imprudence or thoughtlessness in money matters would be unpardonable in me.
The events of the afternoon meant nothing, a moment of thoughtlessness, of weakness.
What seems to you to be a hasty act of rash thoughtlessness is in fact a recognition of something so profound that only one who has known it can understand.
When I knew that you were so rich, I lost my simplicity, my thoughtlessness, my gaiety.
It was necessary that I should be continually on my guard, for the smallest fault, the slightest thoughtlessness, a trifle, a mere nothing, was sufficient to condemn me.
Stupidity, thought Jugurtha, torn by a mixture of horror at the sight of Nabdalsa and anger at the thoughtlessness of his brutes, beginning in the one place they ought to have kept free and clear of their attentions.
I gained a complete system against thoughtlessness, a system of foresight.
At the very moment of his entrance to the cloak-room he was mentally censuring himself for his almost criminal thoughtlessness for the consideration of others.
Its insistence on imagination mocks the thoughtlessness of experience in relation to the reality conceived by the mind.
The gentleness, the hypocrisy, the thoughtlessness, the reverence for law and the hatred of uniforms will remain, along with the suet puddings and the misty skies.
I looked upon myself as a dishonoured man, and while I am on that subject I may as well relate an incident which will give some idea of my thoughtlessness.
I was resolved to do honour to Madame Manzoni's introduction, feeling that it was my duty to serve a fellow-countryman, who was really guilty of nothing worse than gross thoughtlessness.
I am disposed to believe that the cause of all this disorder is, if not entirely innocent, at least due only to extreme thoughtlessness.
The stars were beginning to fall thickly, as they do at Midwinter when the Goddess is angriest, when She remembers Her own thoughtlessness at the Creation, and flings stars burning across the night in defiance of the great Death.