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单词 thoughtless
释义
thoughtless
adjective
uk
/ˈθɔːt.ləs/us
/ˈθɑːt.ləs/
C2
notconsideringhowyouractionsor words mayupsetsomeone:
欠考虑的；不为他人着想的；粗心的
It was thoughtless not tocalland say you'd be late.要迟到都不打个电话，你太欠考虑了。
She's notintentionallyunkind- she's just a little thoughtless sometimes.她不是故意不友好——她只是有时有点粗心。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not taking or showing enough care and attention
  • carelessThat was careless of you.
  • sloppySpelling mistakes always look sloppy in a formal letter.
  • slapdashHis work is always hurried and slapdash.
  • rashThat was a rash decision - you didn't think about the costs involved.
  • thoughtlessThe Prime Minister made a thoughtless remark about the environment.
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Inconsiderate
  • cavalier
  • clumsily
  • clumsiness
  • cowboy
  • crassly
  • inconsiderateness
  • indiscreet
  • indiscreetly
  • indiscretion
  • indiscriminate
  • irresponsible
  • irresponsibly
  • queue-jumper
  • tactless
  • tactlessly
  • uncaring
  • unchristian
  • unthinkingly
  • wanton
  • wantonly
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Not showing careful thought

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thoughtlessly
thoughtlessness
(Definition ofthoughtlessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

thoughtless| American Dictionary

thoughtless
adjective
us
/ˈθɔt·ləs/
notshowingcareforothers:
I’msorryI was late – it was thoughtless of me not tocall.

thoughtlessly

adverbus
/ˈθɔt·ləs·li/
He thoughtlessly made anunkindremarkabout hermother.
(Definition ofthoughtlessfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofthoughtless

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As if we possessed a carnivore's teeth and digestive tract,thoughtlesscliché places us 'at the top of the food chain'.
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He simply tends in his haste to overvalue his personal interests and to bethoughtlessregarding the other's agency interests.
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The device of the cap was the woman's insurance against athoughtless, or drunken, husband.
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Any attempt to use a theory from outside tends to be met with a quick andthoughtlessrejection with some counterexamples.
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With the 'star architect' culture in full sway, a future unfolds ofthoughtless, dead 'oceans' dotted occasionally with signature 'islands'.
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The seventeenth century could see nothing wrong in that; even in the nineteenth century few showed sufficient ecological insight to warn againstthoughtlessexploitation of nature.
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There appears to be a growing movement away from the reductionism and thethoughtlessfact collecting that have, at times, appeared to be gaining the upper hand.
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A being who does not display wisdom can be ignorant, foolish, silly,thoughtless, imprudent, irrational, or a bad judge of character, to name just a few possibilities.
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The truth is revealingly but disappointinglythoughtless.
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It would have encouraged him to focus on institutions and processes as well as individuals; to see that agency was distributed across many relativelythoughtlessacts and casual decisions.
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It argues that this discourse influenced the fashioning of seventeenth-century commercial policy, which rather than being simplythoughtlessand reactive, could be responsive to contemporary debates about trade.
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Obstructions may be caused bythoughtless, rather than malicious, people parking their vehicles on pavements.
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I would be the last to take a carefree orthoughtlessattitude, for instance, to health and safety at work and related matters.
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Was there ever so complacent, condescending orthoughtlessa set of departmental remarks?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I accept that some of them are, but many of them are downrightthoughtless.
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