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thoughtless |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thoughtless \Thought"less\, adv 1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as a thoughtless person, or act 2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. [R.] --Johnson. 3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. --Dryden. -- {Thought"less*ly}, adv -- {Thought"less*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thoughtless adj 1: showing lack of careful thought; "the debate turned into thoughtless bickering" [ant: {thoughtful}] 2: marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"- "Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying" [syn: {heedless}, {unheeding}] [ant: {heedful}] 3: without care or thought for others "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake'" [syn: {uncaring}, {unthinking}] 4: (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration; "careless of the consequences"; "the proverbial grasshopper--thoughtless of tomorrow"; "crushing the blooms with regardless tread" [syn: {careless(p)}, {thoughtless(p)}, {regardless}]
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