Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked by or showing lack of due forethought or care; careless: synonym: careless.
- adjective Inconsiderate of the feelings of others.
- adjective Lacking thought.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Devoid of or lacking capacity for thought.
- Unthinking; heedless; careless; giddy.
- Synonyms Heedless, Remiss, etc. (see
negligent ), regardless, inattentive, inconsiderate, unmindful, flighty, harebrained.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash.
- adverb rare Giddy; gay; dissipated.
- adverb Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Marked by or showing
lack of duethought or care;careless . - adjective
Inconsiderate ,inattentive . - adjective Lacking thought or
consideration .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective without care or thought for others
- adjective showing lack of careful thought
Etymologies
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Examples
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There is never a need to deny the harm that ignorance can cause, and use of the term thoughtless usually refers to some action taken without thoughtful consideration.
Gangaji: Going Inside: Direct Experience Is Like a True Kiss Gangaji 2012
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There is never a need to deny the harm that ignorance can cause, and use of the term thoughtless usually refers to some action taken without thoughtful consideration.
Gangaji: Going Inside: Direct Experience Is Like a True Kiss Gangaji 2012
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There is never a need to deny the harm that ignorance can cause, and use of the term thoughtless usually refers to some action taken without thoughtful consideration.
Gangaji: Going Inside: Direct Experience Is Like a True Kiss Gangaji 2012
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There is never a need to deny the harm that ignorance can cause, and use of the term thoughtless usually refers to some action taken without thoughtful consideration.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Gangaji 2012
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There is never a need to deny the harm that ignorance can cause, and use of the term thoughtless usually refers to some action taken without thoughtful consideration.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Gangaji 2012
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It's what I call thoughtless safety, and it brings you about 3 1-2 per cent, as I have already shown you.
Mother Owen Wister 1899
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Thoughtlessness is an attribute, grounded on the facts which we call thoughtless actions; and the proposition is equivalent to this,
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839
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Thoughtlessness is an attribute grounded on the facts which we call thoughtless actions; and the proposition is equivalent to this,
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) John Stuart Mill 1839
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You, whom she had known from an infant, whom she had seen grow up from a period when her notice was an honour, to have you now, in thoughtless spirits, and the pride of the moment, laugh at her, humble her [...] and before others, many of whom (certainly some,) would be entirely guided by your treatment of her.
Boxing Emma; or the Readers Dilemma at the Box Hill Games 2000
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I had never thought about it that way before: will she find the descriptive term thoughtless, or thoughtful?
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