as in rude
showing a lack of manners or consideration for others
always making thoughtless comments that hurt other people's feelings
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Recent Examples of thoughtless
In fact, read any news report of a flight diversion, and chances are there's a thoughtless passenger behind it – someone who didn't want to share the overhead bin space, insisted on jamming their seat all the way back, or didn't want to wait to use the bathroom.
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Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Depictions of suicide are not beyond the pale in horror, of course, but there’s something particularly thoughtless about this execution.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Multiple offenses for each race will mean long jail sentences and $100,000+ in fines, which should finally get the attention of these thoughtless fools.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 17 June 2025
That was still true at the end of Thursday’s first quarter, when Cardoso turned around from a routine rebound and threw an awkward, thoughtless pass straight into the hands of the Wings’ Paige Bueckers.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
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Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Depictions of suicide are not beyond the pale in horror, of course, but there’s something particularly thoughtless about this execution.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Multiple offenses for each race will mean long jail sentences and $100,000+ in fines, which should finally get the attention of these thoughtless fools.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 17 June 2025
That was still true at the end of Thursday’s first quarter, when Cardoso turned around from a routine rebound and threw an awkward, thoughtless pass straight into the hands of the Wings’ Paige Bueckers.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thoughtless
Adjective
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Fox News host Dana Perino, a former White House press secretary, called out how rude the governor’s messages tended to be.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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The Russian military faced a rude surprise on Ukrainian battlefields in part because in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, professionalism is secondary to politics.—
David French,
Mercury News,
20 Aug. 2025
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With such inconsiderate rodents running around, staff probably shouldn’t have left cases of fries on the walk-in freezer floor.—
David J. Neal
Updated August 22,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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Carry-on rules exist for a reason and deliberately ignoring the rules is both rude and inconsiderate to everyone else who is.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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“Thoughtless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thoughtless. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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