unstudiousadj.
(un- prefix1 1.) Also absol.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective]
lightlyeOE
lightOE
lightsomea1425
flying1509
light-minded?1529
tickle or light of the sear?1530
giddya1547
light-headed1549
gidded1563
giddish1566
fling-brained1570
tickle-headed1583
toyish1584
shallow1594
leger1598
corky1601
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airy1609
unfirma1616
unballast1622
cork-brained1630
unballasted1644
kickshawa1655
unserious1655
unstudious1663
flirtishc1665
caper-witteda1670
shatter-headedc1686
corky-brained1699
flea-lugged1724
halokit1724
shatter-brained1727
scattered-brained1747
shatter-witted1775
flippant1791
butterfly-brained1796
scatter-brained1804
gossamer1806
shandy-pated1806
shattery1820
barmy-brained1823
papilionaceous1832
flirtatious1834
flirty1840
Micawberish1859
scatterheaded1867
flibberty-gibberty1879
thistledown1897
shatter-pated1901
trivial-minded1905
scattery1924
fizgig1928
ditzy1979
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. i. 9 To live ignorant or unstudious of the laws and constitutions of that great Commonwealth.
1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §17. 64 The boundary line between them is really more indistinct than the unstudious would suppose.
1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. I. 228 Besides, how encrusted their names are with the curses of unstudious boys.
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