2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inconsiderate \In`con*sid"er*ate\, a. [L. inconsideratus See
{In-} not and {Considerate}.]
1. Not considerate; not attentive to safety or to propriety;
not regarding the rights or feelings of others hasty;
careless; thoughtless; heedless; as the young are
generally inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct.
It is a very unhappy token of our corruption, that
ther? should be any so inconsiderate among us as to
sacrifice morality to politics. --Addison.
2. Inconsiderable. [Obs.] --E. Terry.
Syn: Thoughtless; inattentive; inadvertent; heedless;
negligent; improvident; careless; imprudent; indiscreet;
incautious; injudicious; rash; hasty.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inconsiderate
adj 1: lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others
"shockingly inconsiderate behavior" [ant: {considerate}]
2: without proper consideration or reflection; "slovenly
inconsiderate reasoning"; "unconsidered words"; "prejudice
is the holding of unconsidered opinions" [syn: {unconsidered}]
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