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unthoughtful

unthoughtful adjective: inconsiderate of the feelings of others.

Adjective

unthoughtful (comparative more unthoughtful, superlative most unthoughtful)

  1. Inconsiderate of the feelings of others.
  2. Unplanned or unthinking.
    • During all these years that had elapsed since my husband's death, I had not been unmindful of its cause, or unthoughtful as to means whereby I could apply that punishment, which I religiously believed myself called upon to administer.1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 22

Forms of unthoughtful

comparativemore unthoughtful
superlativemost unthoughtful

Origin of unthoughtful

From un- + thoughtful.

Words formed from unthoughtful

Questions about unthoughtful

What does unthoughtful mean?
Unthoughtful means inconsiderate of the feelings of others.
What part of speech is unthoughtful?
Unthoughtful is an adjective.

Words near unthoughtful in the dictionary

  1. unthoroughness
  2. unthought
  3. unthought-of
  4. unthoughted
  5. unthoughtedly
  6. unthoughtful
  7. unthoughtfully
  8. unthoughtfulness
  9. unthoughts
  10. unthrall
  11. unthralled

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