unthoughtful

adjective

un·​thoughtful

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1

: not thoughtful : lacking in thought

a mechanical, unthoughtful process

—W. H. Hale

2

: thoughtless

careless, unthoughtful behavior

unthoughtfully

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adverb

unthoughtfulness noun

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