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as in carelessness
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as in insensitivity
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Recent Examples of thoughtlessness
Essentially, they’re used to meeting an expectation where rudeness and thoughtlessness aren’t tolerated—because their older sister made sure of that.
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Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Sep. 2025
Maybe the symptoms of his cognitive decline are inextricable from what seemed to you to be his general self-absorption and thoughtlessness.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thoughtlessness
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But the turnovers that are born of carelessness?—
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Straight-up errors, like the errant pass from James Tarkowski that led to Brentford’s opener, or Tim Iroegbunam’s carelessness before their third, have not been common flaws.—
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Does their lack of kindness grant you permission to respond with equal insensitivity or even cruelty?—
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Your son’s insensitivity to your feelings is appalling.—
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And there’s nothing that can compensate me for the damage that her recklessness did.—
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From there, the glimmers of a more peaceful existence — one fueled by expression, not recklessness — give Lidia hope.—
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The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.—
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But then, with seemingly on-the-fly artlessness, Laxe’s camera picks a few of the dancers out.—
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Once there, however, Rhoda discovers more than Max’s indiscretions.—
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But Clinton’s ties to the Epstein case are a reminder of how his political promise has always been tempered by personal indiscretions.—
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Not two years later this tower was to collapse precipitately under its own weight into a pyramid of dust and rubble, only to be rebuilt later, in, unaccountably, all its former gracelessness.—
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Lofland says that while Cooper’s decisions might frustrate the audience, his impulsiveness is an important part of what makes the character tick.—
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The novel Elphie follows the witch from infancy, shaped by her mother Melena’s impulsiveness and her father Frex’s stern piety, and navigating the jealousies that arise with the arrivals of her siblings, Nessarose and Shell.—
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“Thoughtlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thoughtlessness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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