Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thoughtless"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thoughtless \Thought"less\, adv.
1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a
thoughtless person, or act.
2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. [R.] --Johnson.
3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull.
Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain.
--Dryden.
-- {Thought"less*ly}, adv. -- {Thought"less*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thoughtless
adj 1: showing lack of careful thought; "the debate turned into
thoughtless bickering" [ant: {thoughtful}]
2: marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have
always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals;
we know now that it is bad economics"- "Franklin D.
Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's
crying" [syn: {heedless}, {unheeding}] [ant: {heedful}]
3: without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying
of a great princess on being informed that the people had
no bread; `Let them eat cake'" [syn: {uncaring}, {unthinking}]
4: (usually followed by `of') without due thought or
consideration; "careless of the consequences"; "the
proverbial grasshopper--thoughtless of tomorrow";
"crushing the blooms with regardless tread" [syn: {careless(p)},
{thoughtless(p)}, {regardless}]
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