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 →

2) Thoughtless can mean careless: done without thinking about what might happen. tree →

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 →
• His thoughtless joke upset her. tree →
• Dropping litter is thoughtless. tree →
• Leaving the gate open was thoughtless — the dog got out. tree →
• I'm sorry, that was a thoughtless thing to say. tree →
• The thoughtless driver splashed everyone at the bus stop. tree →
• “I am very thoughtless,” said Crimthann humbly. tree →

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.)
• 'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness?
• For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.
• And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
• O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «thoughtless» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.