Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being thoughtless, heedless, or inconsiderate.
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- noun
disregard for other'sfeelings - noun
heedless disregard for theconsequences of one'sactions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trait of not thinking carefully before acting
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
Etymologies
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Examples
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Our human greed and thoughtlessness is creating a lot of human suffering that gets swept under the rug.
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Our human greed and thoughtlessness is creating a lot of human suffering that gets swept under the rug.
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How necessary to youth and thoughtlessness is the wisdom of experience! '
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And the notion of thoughtlessness acquires an added sting.
enowning enowning 2008
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And the notion of thoughtlessness acquires an added sting.
Archive 2008-09-01 enowning 2008
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As it had turned out, the most serious result of his thoughtlessness was the loss of our powder, for not a grain more did we possess.
Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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It's not his thoughtlessness, that is, his failure to pay taxes on the car and driver, that's the problem, it's his corruption, his profiteering at the very heart of what makes Washington such a loathsome place.
The Reaction 2009
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Time's article is phenomenally bad reporting, picking on aviation with a kind of thoughtlessness that's more embarrassing to the publication than to the industry.
Christine Negroni: Time Magazine Takes on Aviation. Time Loses. 2010
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I think this article isphenomenallybad reporting, picking on aviation with a kind of thoughtlessness that's moreembarrassingto the publication than to the industry.
Christine Negroni: Time Magazine Takes on Aviation. Time Loses. 2010
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I think this article isphenomenallybad reporting, picking on aviation with a kind of thoughtlessness that's moreembarrassingto the publication than to the industry.
Christine Negroni: Time Magazine Takes on Aviation. Time Loses. 2010
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