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thoughtless

ˈθɔtləs
WordNet
  1. (adj) thoughtless
    without care or thought for others; `Let them eat cake'" "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread"
  2. (adj) thoughtless
    showing lack of careful thought "the debate turned into thoughtless bickering"
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Thoughtless
    Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. "Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain."
  2. Thoughtless
    Giddy; gay; dissipated.
  3. Thoughtless
    Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. thoughtless
    Devoid of or lacking capacity for thought.
  2. thoughtless
    Unthinking; heedless; careless; giddy.
  3. thoughtless
    Synonyms Heedless, Remiss, etc. (see negligent), regardless, inattentive, inconsiderate, unmindful, flighty, harebrained.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Thoughtless
    without thought or care: careless: inattentive: stupid: dull
Quotations
James Baldwin
Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt.
James Baldwin
Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.
Marquis De Vauvenargues
Desiderius Erasmus
The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.
Desiderius Erasmus
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Hannah More
Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.
Hannah More
In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.
Cyril Connolly
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. ge-thóht; Ice. thóttr, Ger. bedacht. Cf. Think.

Usage in the news

One who thoughtlessly serves the people, with little thought for their self. kyssfm.com

Done thoughtlessly and in poor taste, it certainly can be. stategazette.com

Our friends and family members are seldom so thoughtless as to call at that particular time. estfieldrepublican.com

Once the fighting stopped, the major powers were content to pursue a thoughtless, hollow democratization. theatlantic.com

A foolish or thoughtless young person. obmam.com

Thoughtless retaining of judges can't be considered a success. stltoday.com

No scale exists for thoughtless cash gifts. dispatch.com

Reaction on Twitter at times emotional, thoughtless . latimes.com

Thoughtless actions threaten peace of mind. cassville-democrat.com

Two months ago, a lady thought­lessly crashed into my car and cre­ated exten­sive dam­age to the left front fender and my body. delgazette.com

With bottles retailing in the $32,000 range, this was not a shot to be downed thoughtlessly. foxnews.com

With politicians saying really thoughtless and stupid things that spur outrage, not one has stepped down from office. bsm.com

Gerould Kern didn't say anything thoughtless or unreasonable at Thursday's media forum at the Newberry Library, so why pick at nits. chicagoreader.com

Court Closure Called 'Thoughtless And Insensitive '. ctlawtribune.com

Obama's Mideast strategy muddled , thoughtless. innipegfreepress.com

Usage in scientific papers

Thus, should be taken only as a warning against thoughtless application of formal conclusions of the Davies theory to, e.g., diffusion flows where no such flows exist.
Stationary flows in quantum dissipative closed circuits as a challenge to thermodynamics

Epstein J M (2001) Learning to be thoughtless: Social norms and individual computation.
Cooperation, Norms, and Revolutions: A Unified Game-Theoretical Approach

Ferrero and Santos refer to Einstein’s words , according to whom physical ob jects are “thoughtless arranged in a space-time continuum.
A realistic interpretation for quantum mechanics

Usage in literature

How I regretted my thoughtlessness in not having forestalled myself in the Sutherlands' barge. "Lords of the North" by A. C. Laut

Forgive me, Edith, for being so thoughtless and impulsive; for being so selfish myself. "Ernest Linwood" by Caroline Lee Hentz

Let her have two or three years, even if it was blissful thoughtlessness. "A Little Girl in Old Salem" by Amanda Minnie Douglas

She was beautiful and thoughtless; she appreciated her position as the daughter of a king. "Lucretia Borgia" by Ferdinand Gregorovius

Throughout the whole history of the race they have been kindly, thoughtless children. "The Girl in the Golden Atom" by Raymond King Cummings

You can be happy without being thoughtless. "The Fortunes of the Farrells" by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

It was only thoughtlessness. "The Heart of Una Sackville" by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

It's right unthankful of her not to mend; but childre is that thoughtless! "All's Well" by Emily Sarah Holt

Many ignorant or thoughtless parents and nurses constantly use fear as a means of governing children. "Pushing to the Front" by Orison Swett Marden

Oh, you thoughtless men! "In the Eastern Seas" by W.H.G. Kingston

Usage in poetry
Thou thinkest I who follow thee
Am but a thoughtless boy,
That warbles, like the forest birds,
From fullness of my joy.
Men void of wisdom and of grace,
If honor raise them high,
Live like the beast, a thoughtless race,
And like the beast they die.
The sire himself, with gesture wild,
His thoughtless offspring takes;
And seats his unoffending child
Amidst these angry Snakes!
"RETURN, return, my hapless spouse,
Nor seek the fatal place,
Where thoughtless crowds expecting stand
To see thy child's disgrace.
Not for the thoughtless:,they will brush
Thy leaf without a care,
Perhaps will tread thee to the earth,
Nor heed that thou art there.
Time has been when, like thee thoughtless,
How unlike in all beside!
Lightly sped, and all uncounted,
Blithe I saw the moments glide.