How to Use thoughtless in a Sentence

thoughtless

adjective

• But the thoughtless killing of one of their own seems to have been the last straw.
  — Suhasini Raj and Kai Schultz, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2017
• The van looked as though a thoughtless giant had stepped on it.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2021
• Or some thoughtless commuter forced you to slam the brakes on the drive to work.
  — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2022
• The last thing a donor wants to see is a generic thoughtless thank-you email.
  — Kalyan Varma, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
• No one ever stopped to think that this was boorish and thoughtless.
  — Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2022
• The way to deal with thoughtless guests is to refrain from inviting them again.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022
• Such a thoughtless bride will not register the slight anyway.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
• Yet by then the head was bloodless in the dust, sightless, thoughtless, and beyond words.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2018
• Boiled down to a thoughtless pervert by the public, Six became one.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
• Plenty of prior trade demands over the years have been selfish and thoughtless.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
• The group plans a trip together to see him, hoping to show him how his thoughtless remarks left scars.
  — Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
• And that’s a pretty thoughtless way to approach a conflict that’s already killed so many.
  — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
• The turnovers were almost ridiculous in terms of being thoughtless and sloppy.
  — Rachel Keck, cleveland.com, 2 June 2017
• And what could make this whole situation brighter than a thoughtless response?
  — Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, 4 July 2018
• Social media and online exchanges can be so thoughtless at times.
  — Leslie Barker, Dallas News, 1 Jan. 2021
• This rhetoric is not just the thoughtless ramblings of mindless partisans.
  — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
• That’s not to say that the Blumarine collection was thoughtless.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2021
• Buying things is becoming as thoughtless as sending a text.
  — Patrick Van Esch, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
• Letting a house of that size sit untouched is an act of thoughtless extravagance.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 5 May 2025
• To do a lot less foolish, thoughtless, stupid, idiotic things.
  — Gwen Faulkenberry, Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
• How stupid and thoughtless can a sport, an organization and a player be?
  — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
• My husband was so angry at me and accused me of being thoughtless, cold and hurtful to his parents.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2020
• The people in these videos always seem reckless, thoughtless, far too close together.
  — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2021
• The Democrats have been playing with fire for months like foolish, thoughtless kids playing with matches in the hayloft of a barn.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2020
• Some of the father figures are violent, but many are merely self-absorbed or thoughtless.
  — Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 22 Oct. 2020
• And there have been more than a few tears at hurtful, thoughtless, and sometimes well-meaning remarks — always from women.
  — NBC News, 24 Aug. 2019
• Oz’s decision to close that sewer door could be chalked down to a terrible mistake, the thoughtless actions of a child.
  — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
• Presents that are more about the giver than the receiver are thoughtless; ones that criticize the receiver are rude.
  — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2020
• Karlsson was on the wrong side of the puck all evening, made careless decisions and generally played a thoughtless game.
  — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• Citchens is interested in the cult of patriarchy, and the many sins thoughtless worship enables.
  — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025