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inconsideracy

inconsideracy noun: the quality of being inconsiderate; thoughtlessness.

Noun

inconsideracy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The quality of being inconsiderate; thoughtlessness.
    • This is the common effect of the inconsideracy of youth , against which I beg you will be most carefully upon your guard.February 16 1748, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, in Letters to His Son, published in 1774

Origin of inconsideracy

From inconsiderate + -cy.

Questions about inconsideracy

What does inconsideracy mean?
Inconsideracy means the quality of being inconsiderate; thoughtlessness.
What part of speech is inconsideracy?
Inconsideracy is a noun.

Words near inconsideracy in the dictionary

  1. inconsequently
  2. inconsequentness
  3. inconsiderable
  4. inconsiderableness
  5. inconsiderably
  6. inconsideracy
  7. inconsiderate
  8. inconsiderately
  9. inconsiderateness
  10. inconsideration
  11. inconsiderations

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