unthoughtfuladj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈθɔːtf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˌənˈθɔtfəl/, /ˌənˈθɑtfəl/ 1. Not taking thought, unmindful or regardless, of something.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless > of, to, or with something
recklesslOE
unthoughtfulc1485
inconsiderate1607
desperatea1616
wretchless1661
slow1667
unconcerned1667
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxxii. 108 Jt [sc. wine]..makis man tobe vnthochtfull of his honour.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iv. ii. x. 220/2 He was not unthoughtful of the Time when publick Ones [sc. sermons] might be expected from him.
1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 106 How unthoughtful of the Affair in hand?
1887 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. (abridged ed.) III. 71 We have foes who are not unthoughtful of us.
2. Unthinking, thoughtless.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or thoughtless
unthoughtfula1533
inconsulted1533
thoughtless1592
unconsiderate1594
inconsideratea1616
unweighinga1616
indeliberatea1617
incogitant1629
inconsidering1685
gay1703
uncalculatinga1832
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) xxxvii. f. 67 They as vnthoughtfull,..leaue the iust trauayle, and take vniust idelnes.
a1667 A. Cowley Solitude in Ess. in Verse & Prose iv Here let me, careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds above me flying.
1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 62 There are a sort of people..that have such a lazy, unthoughtful, listless, yawning way of talking of Religion.
1715 J. Barker Exilius i. 71 The vulgar Part of the Africans are extreamly unthoughtful and unpolish'd.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 10 Without which poetry becomes..evaporated into a hazy, unthoughtful, day-dreaming.
1895 C. W. Scott Among Apple Orchards 131 The reckless, unthoughtful, but ill~directed youth of to-day.
Derivatives
unˈthoughtfully adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > lack of reflection > [adverb]
inconsiderablya1646
unreflectingly1665
unthoughtfully1701
thoughtlessly1706
unthinkingly1717
uncannily1825
irreflectively1858
routinely1867
1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. vi. 322 Never was any question..more ignorantly and unthoughtfully moved.
unˈthoughtfulness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > lack of reflection > [noun]
inconsiderableness1640
unthoughtfulness1661
inconsideracy1748
unreflectingness1816
irreflectiveness1842
irreflection1861
1661 J. Fell Life Hammond 205 During the current of that Tyranny,..he kept a constant equable serenity and unthoughtfulness in outward accidents.
1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. (1736) IV. 185 Should he begin by this unthoughtfulness of enterprize, it would render him..formidable.
1884 E. W. Benson Diary 16 June in A. C. Benson Life of E. W. Benson (1899) II. 29 A ceaseless reproach to the unthoughtfulness of this busy existence.
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