indeliberate
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- indeliberately adverb
- indeliberateness noun
- indeliberation noun
Etymology
Origin of indeliberate
First recorded in 1610–20; in- 3 + deliberate
Example Sentences
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That there are also graces which consist in spontaneous, indeliberate motions of the will,87 is clearly taught by the Council of Trent,88 and evidenced by certain Biblical metaphors.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
Aversions and antipathies for others usually are either indeliberate, or have to do with what are real or fancied defects in others.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
Doubt, Sin of, 840 sqq.; methodical and real, 840-841; involuntary, indeliberate, unwelcome and ignorant, 842; negative, 844; positive, 845; passing and permanent, 846.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
Evolution prior to the advent of man was an unconscious and therefore indeliberate adaptation of function to environment through the survival of the fittest and the corresponding destruction of the less fit.
From Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Kelly, Edmond
The motions I speak of are entirely indeliberate, even in the machine of man.
From The Existence of God by Morley, Henry
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