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thoughtless
[ thawt-lis ]
adjective
- lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless:
a thoughtless remark.
Synonyms: neglectful, negligent
a shallow, thoughtless book.
- not thinking enough; careless or heedless:
thoughtless of his health.
Synonyms: remiss, inattentive
thoughtless
/ ˈθɔːtlɪs /
adjective
- inconsiderate
a thoughtless remark
- having or showing lack of thought
a thoughtless essay
- unable to think; not having the power of thought
Derived Forms
- ˈthoughtlessness, noun
- ˈthoughtlessly, adverb
Other Words From
- thoughtless·ly adverb
- thoughtless·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of thoughtless1
Example Sentences
It could be a thoughtless joke, reading a banned book, harboring migrants marked for deportation, impeding untrammeled “drill-baby-drill” resource extraction, or attending an underground reproductive health clinic that sends us to the new Trump gulag.
Upon the album’s release, the so-called left was losing the culture wars, in large part because they’ve been meeting Trump’s brand of thoughtless, deceptive certainty with more of the same.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews called on the former cabinet minister to apologise for the "breathtakingly thoughtless comparison".
After the shooting, Rubio gushed, "God protected President Trump," an especially thoughtless take considering another man died from the violence at the rally of the not-actually-president.
Think of Leigh’s subsequent sculpture as a monument to its headless-ness — at once a mockery of Joséphine’s thoughtless ignorance and a captivating salutation to the actual power of symbolic resistance.
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