noun
Meaning 1
disregard for other's feelings
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
thoughtlessness
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈθɔːtləsnɪs/
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UK: /ˈθɔːtlɪsnɪs/
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UK: /ˈθɔːtləsnəs/
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General-American: thôt′ləs-nĭs
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General-American: thôt′lĭs-nĭs
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General-American: thôt′ləs-nəs
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General-American: /ˈθɔtləsnɪs/
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General-American: /ˈθɔtlɪsnɪs/
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cot-caught-merger: thät′ləs-nĭs
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cot-caught-merger: thät′lĭs-nĭs
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noun
Meaning 2
heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the trait of not thinking carefully before acting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unthoughtfulness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trait
Narrower terms: recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness, impulsiveness
noun
Meaning 4
the quality of failing to be considerate of others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inconsideration, inconsiderateness
Antonyms: thoughtfulness
Broader terms: unkindness
Narrower terms: tactlessness, bluntness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English thoughtless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English thoughtlessness From thoughtless + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: desconsideració — disregard for other's feelings
- Czech: bezohlednost — disregard for other's feelings
- Finnish: ajattelemattomuus — disregard for other's feelings
- French: déconsidération — disregard for other's feelings
- French: inconsidération — disregard for other's feelings
- Hungarian: figyelmetlenség — disregard for other's feelings
- Hungarian: tapintatlanság — disregard for other's feelings
- Manx: antort — disregard for other's feelings
- Manx: meehastid — disregard for other's feelings
- Manx: meerioose — disregard for other's feelings
- Polish: bezwzględność — disregard for other's feelings
- Southern Altai: куру баш (kuru baš) — disregard for other's feelings
- Spanish: inconsideración — disregard for other's feelings
- Spanish: desconsideración — disregard for other's feelings
- Vietnamese: bàng quan — disregard for other's feelings
- Vietnamese: thờ ơ — disregard for other's feelings
- Czech: lehkomyslnost — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Finnish: ajattelemattomuus — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Finnish: välinpitämättömyys — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- French: irréflexion — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Greek: ασυλλογισιά (asyllogisiá) — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Ancient Greek: ἀβουλία (aboulía) — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Ancient Greek: ἀλογιστία (alogistía) — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Hungarian: meggondolatlanság — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Hungarian: vigyázatlanság — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Latin: temeritās — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Manx: antort — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tankeløyse — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Polish: bezmyślność — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Slovak: ľahkomyseľnosť — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Southern Altai: куру баш (kuru baš) — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
- Spanish: irreflexión — heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions