Thoughtlessness
['θɔtlɪsnɪs]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Inattention, heedlessness, carelessness, absence of mind, inadvertence, neglect, oversight.
Checker: Mandy
Examples
- There was comfort also in Tom, who gradually regained his health, without regaining the thoughtlessness and selfishness of his previous habits. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Lydia's thoughtlessness first betrayed to me that you had been concerned in the matter; and, of course, I could not rest till I knew the particulars. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It is a great stupidity or thoughtlessness not to perceive that the happiness of rational creatures is inseparably connected with immortality. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Thoughtlessness, want of attention to other people's feelings, and want of resolution, will do the business. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She is so pretty, and has been brought up in such thoughtlessness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Richard, anxious to atone for his thoughtlessness of yesterday, good-naturedly explained that Miss Jellyby was not connected with the suit. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Imprudence or thoughtlessness in money matters would be unpardonable in me. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Fitzgerald good-naturedly assured him he had spoken with his usual thoughtlessness. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typist: Nigel