1
as in carelessness
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as in insensitivity
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thoughtlessness
Noun
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Given the political indiscretions and untrustworthy reputation of his then-opponent James G. Blaine, Cleveland was still successfully elected to the White House, becoming the 22nd president and the first Democrat elected after the Civil War.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025 -
Arsenal’s manager kept a list of Aubameyang’s indiscretions — many of them related to punctuality — and, eventually, the charge sheet was too long.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There are blatantly far-fetched thrillers, brilliant ones, that haunt us for decades in spite of their narrative inelegance or the quality of their gotchas.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Sep. 2022
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Keeping the battery charged avoids this morsel of powertrain inelegance.—
Derek Powell,
Car and Driver,
19 Jan. 2022
Noun
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His coy narrative voice and audacious insouciance, thinly disguised under a patina of classical Oxford education and self-deprecating wit, amuse the reader for several hundred pages.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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The theme’s implicit insouciance becomes perplexing when accompanied by scientific studies and even a World Health Organization report touting the healing properties of art.—
Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2025
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In response to President Trump scrapping diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, one national museum followed the executive order with unusual zeal.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Along with the creation of dozens of popular podcasts and a sizable supplement industry, that zeal has led to efforts to preserve organs, search out life-extending diets and even try to reverse aging itself.—
Joe Kloc,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There is no more popular member of the Leverkusen dressing room — but that exuberance and sense of fun mask an appetite for self-improvement.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Amid the exuberance, the toll of the tragedy wrought by the still-burning fire — human, environmental and otherwise — simmered.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Thoughtlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thoughtlessness. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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