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inconsiderate, a. (n.)|ɪnkənˈsɪdərət|
Also 5 inconsederat.
[ad. L. inconsiderāt-us unadvised, thoughtless, inconsiderate; f. in- (in-3) + considerātus considerate.]
1. Of things, actions, etc.: Not properly considered; done or made without deliberation; thoughtless, unadvised, precipitate, rash. (Now often regarded as transf. from 2.)
c1460[implied in inconsiderately]. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Pet. 7 That you geve none occasion unto their inconsiderate ignoraunce. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus iii. 1 Sauls inconsiderate and rash oath. 1661J. Stephens Procurations 1 Unseasonable and inconsiderate speaking. 1751Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 181 Our inclinations are so apt to hurry us into inconsiderate actions. 1798Malthus Popul. (1817) III. 52 We often draw very inconsiderate conclusions against the industry and government of states from the appearance of uncultivated lands in them. 1835I. Taylor Spir. Despot. v. 219 An inconsiderate application of genuine principles to particular instances.
2. Of persons, etc.: Not characterized by consideration; acting without deliberation; thoughtless, imprudent, indiscreet, careless.
1595Shakes. John ii. i. 67 Rash, inconsiderate, fiery voluntaries. a1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 33 You will never leave it untill you are knockt on the head, as that inconsiderate fellow Sidney was. 1660Milton Free Commw. Wks. (1847) 448/1 If there be a king, which the inconsiderate multitude are now so mad upon. 1710Pope Let. to Cromwell 17 Dec., Inconsiderate authors wou'd rather be admir'd than understood. 1833Alison Europe (1849) I. i. §62. 105 There is enough here to arrest the attention of the most inconsiderate. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 343 They are younger and more inconsiderate.
†b. Not thinking of, careless of, regardless of.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 343 The silly beast inconsiderate of all fraud cometh out and is taken. 1667Decay Chr. Piety viii. ⁋12 So wholly taken up with the contemplation and enjoyment of his own felicity, that he is utterly inconsiderate of that of his creatures. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals iii. iii. 27 The innocent Popes..walk on careless and inconsiderate of what they do.
3. Without consideration or regard for the circumstances, claims, feelings, etc. of others.
1842The Visitor (R.T.S.) 60 (Aunt Priscilla), She was not of an inconsiderate temper. She did not allow herself to utter remarks or censure without considering how they were likely to operate on the tempers and feelings of others. 1858–85[implied in inconsiderateness 2] Mod. It was most inconsiderate to mention the matter in her hearing.
†4. Not held in consideration, unconsidered; of no importance; inconsiderable, trifling. Obs.
1655E. Terry Voy. E. Ind. 15 When they had sold any one of their bullocks to us, for a little inconsiderate peece of brasse. 1657North's Plutarch Add. Lives (1676) 42 But an inconsiderate person, of a base extraction. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 276 The difference of the thicknesses being so inconsiderate, is not discerned.
B. n. An inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iii. i 79 O pardon me my stars, doth the inconsiderate take salue for lenuoy, and the word lenuoy for a salue? 1621S. Ward Jethro's Justice (1627) 8 Ambitious Inconsiderates..climbe into the chaire of honor. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. 168, I was as willing as the gay inconsiderate to call another cause, as he termed it. |