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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thoughtless \Thought"less\, adverb
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}, adverb -- {Thought"less*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
thoughtlessness
noun
1: the quality of failing to be considerate of others [syn: {inconsideration}, {inconsiderateness}] [ant: {consideration}, {consideration}]
2: the trait of not thinking carefully before acting [syn: {unthoughtfulness}] [ant: {thoughtfulness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
166 Moby Thesaurus words for "thoughtlessness": abandon, absentmindedness, asininity, battiness, brainlessness, buffoonery, callowness, caprice, careless abandon, carelessness, casualness, childishness, clownishness, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, cursoriness, daffiness, desipience, disregard, disregardfulness, distraction, easiness, eccentricity, empty-headedness, fatuity, fatuousness, fecklessness, flightiness, flippancy, folly, foolery, foolheadedness, foolishness, forgetfulness, frivolity, frivolousness, giddiness, goofiness, hastiness, heedlessness, idiocy, imbecility, immaturity, improvidence, imprudence, inability, inadeptness, inadequacy, inadvertence, inadvertency, inadvisability, inanity, inaptitude, inaptness, inattention, inattentiveness, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, incuriosity, indexterity, indifference, indiscreetness, indiscretion, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, inefficiency, ineptitude, ineptness, inexpedience, injudiciousness, inobservance, insanity, insouciance, irrationality, lack of foresight, lax stewardship, laziness, levity, lightmindedness, lunacy, madness, maladjustment, maladroitness, mediocrity, mercuriality, mindlessness, negligence, niaiserie, nonobservance, nugacity, nuttiness, oblivion, obliviousness, offhandedness, pedestrianism, perfunctoriness, pompousness, poor husbandry, puerility, queerness, reasonlessness, recklessness, regardlessness, rustiness, sappiness, screwiness, senselessness, shallowness, shiftlessness, silliness, skill-lessness, sprezzatura, stuffiness, stupidity, superficiality, tactlessness, thriftlessness, triflingness, triviality, unaccommodatingness, unalertness, unaptness, unawareness, uncleverness, unconsciousness, undeftness, undexterousness, undextrousness, unfitness, unfittedness, unheedfulness, unhelpfulness, unintelligence, unintentiveness, unmindfulness, unobligingness, unobservance, unpreparedness, unproficiency, unreadiness, unreason, unreasonableness, unschooledness, unsensibleness, unskillfulness, unsolicitousness, unsolicitude, unsoundness, unthinkingness, unthoughtfulness, untrainedness, unwariness, unwatchfulness, unwisdom, unwiseness, volatility, wackiness, weirdness, witlessness, zaniness, zanyism
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