thoughtlessness

noun

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1
as in carelessness

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2
as in insensitivity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thoughtlessness
  1. indiscretion
  2. inelegance
  3. insouciance
  4. zeal
  5. exuberance
Noun
  • Hegseth, however, has the support of some veterans’ groups that say his past indiscretions are not as important as getting in the job someone who will focus on improving military readiness to fight.
    Tara Copp, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The caveat is that yours are coming out to play today and other people are able to sweep their indiscretions under the rug.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of indiscretion
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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
  • Keeping the battery charged avoids this morsel of powertrain inelegance.
    Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 19 Jan. 2022
Definition of inelegance
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of insouciance
Noun
  • Nations blessed with abundant low-cost energy are leveraging this newfound advantage and crafting policies to attract AI investments with the zeal once reserved for manufacturing.
    Azeem Azhar, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Taft’s lieutenants undertook their task with zeal, especially in the State Department.
    Laura Ellyn Smith / Made by History, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of zeal
Noun
  • The captaincy tag had appeared to shake him from a foul mood that has festered as the series has worn on exacerbated by the youthful exuberance of brash upstart Sam Konstas, who has really gotten under his skin.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The fragile, almost brittle treble of the guitar and the exuberance of the drums don’t obscure the misery of this line but, rather, reflect and transmute it.
    Mitch Therieau, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of exuberance
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thoughtlessness

thought (of)

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