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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inconsiderate \In`con*sid"er*ate\, a. [L. inconsideratus See {In-} not and {Considerate}.] 1. Not considerate; not attentive to safety or to propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others hasty; careless; thoughtless; heedless; as the young are generally inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct. It is a very unhappy token of our corruption, that ther? should be any so inconsiderate among us as to sacrifice morality to politics. --Addison. 2. Inconsiderable. [Obs.] --E. Terry. Syn: Thoughtless; inattentive; inadvertent; heedless; negligent; improvident; careless; imprudent; indiscreet; incautious; injudicious; rash; hasty. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inconsiderate adj 1: lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others "shockingly inconsiderate behavior" [ant: {considerate}] 2: without proper consideration or reflection; "slovenly inconsiderate reasoning"; "unconsidered words"; "prejudice is the holding of unconsidered opinions" [syn: {unconsidered}]
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