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UNTHOUGHTFUL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unthoughtful mean?
• UNTHOUGHTFUL (adjective)
The adjective UNTHOUGHTFUL has 1 sense:
1. not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought
Familiarity information: UNTHOUGHTFUL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought
Synonyms:
unreflective; unthinking; unthoughtful
Similar:
thoughtless (showing lack of careful thought)
Derivation:
unthoughtfulness (the trait of not thinking carefully before acting)
Context examples
"Tom's getting very profound," said Daisy with an expression of unthoughtful sadness. "He reads deep books with long words in them. What was that word we—"
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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