thoughtless
adjUK /ˈθɔːtləs/ · US /ˈθɔtləs/
Etymology From thought + -less.
1
Marked by or showing lack of due thought or care.
2
Inconsiderate, inattentive.
- A thoughtless remark.
3
Lacking thought or consideration.
- The debate turned into thoughtless bickering.
- In thoughtless and breathless fear I rushed forward to avoid this host of demons, but while flying thus still more frightful and distorted shapes appeared, and I fancied I felt their hands clutching me.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 281:
- Derived terms
- thoughtlessly, thoughtlessness
- Coordinate terms
- short-sighted