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# thoughtless

«thoughtless» in Mova's school dictionary: **not thinking about how your actions or words affect other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (thoughtless, more thoughtless, most thoughtless)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Thoughtless means not thinking about how your actions or words affect other people, often in a way that is unkind or rude. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtless/#m1)

2) Thoughtless can mean careless: done without thinking about what might happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtless/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In PSHE and stories, a thoughtless comment can hurt someone's feelings even if it was not meant badly; characters learn to be more thoughtful. In safety, thoughtless actions, like leaving a toy on the stairs, can cause accidents. Phrases: «a thoughtless remark», «how thoughtless of me».

### examples

- It was thoughtless of me to forget your birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtless/#x1)
- His thoughtless joke upset her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtless/#x2)
- Dropping litter is thoughtless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtless/#x3)
- Leaving the gate open was thoughtless — the dog got out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtless/#x4)
- I'm sorry, that was a thoughtless thing to say. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtless/#x5)
- The thoughtless driver splashed everyone at the bus stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtless/#x6)
- “I am very thoughtless,” said Crimthann humbly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtless/#x7)

### note

From «thought» + «-less». Opposite: «thoughtful» (kind and caring, or thinking deeply). Noun: «thoughtlessness».

### In the corpora

- [Just a pig—a plain pig!» (Here «pig» means a selfish, thoughtless person.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end/22/)
- ['How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.21/)
- [For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.32/)
- [And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.183/)
- [O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.208/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thoughtless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.