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Recent Examples of thoughtlessness
The thoughtlessness with which this bride coerced you into subsidizing her wedding was stunning.
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Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
Its furnishings were anything but describable, having been conceived, manufactured, shipped, and sold in various states of thoughtlessness, greed, and indifference.
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Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
But the movie not wanting to open that particular can of worms isn’t surprising — this is a film that thrives on bloodshed and thoughtlessness.
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Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
Essentially, they’re used to meeting an expectation where rudeness and thoughtlessness aren’t tolerated—because their older sister made sure of that.
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Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
18 Sep. 2025
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
Its furnishings were anything but describable, having been conceived, manufactured, shipped, and sold in various states of thoughtlessness, greed, and indifference.
—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
But the movie not wanting to open that particular can of worms isn’t surprising — this is a film that thrives on bloodshed and thoughtlessness.
—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
Essentially, they’re used to meeting an expectation where rudeness and thoughtlessness aren’t tolerated—because their older sister made sure of that.
—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thoughtlessness
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Once, administrators confronted him about the carelessness of his grading.
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That's not chance or carelessness.
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Consumers can forgive almost anything—controversy, scandal, provocation, even cultural insensitivity—if the party and the product is good enough.
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Directness is often confused with insensitivity.
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Damajae McKenzie, 30, pleaded guilty in April to criminal recklessness.
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Sublime were always close to death and the threat of violence; their music was basically powered by the recklessness of their lifestyle.
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But then, with seemingly on-the-fly artlessness, Laxe’s camera picks a few of the dancers out.
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The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.
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Not two years later this tower was to collapse precipitately under its own weight into a pyramid of dust and rubble, only to be rebuilt later, in, unaccountably, all its former gracelessness.
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Eventually, Batula moved past Cooke’s indiscretions and married him in 2021.
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History is littered with the careers of politicians who committed crimes or engaged in moral indiscretions and then tried to lie their way out of public shame.
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Yakkity’s impulsiveness and wisecracking jokes provide the laughs, while Keo’s rivalry with his father (and his crush on Lemony) ground the show with genuine emotional dynamics.
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That impulsiveness was on display last year when the president pushed the Texas state legislature to gerrymander its electoral maps before the midterms in the hope of maintaining Republican control of Congress.
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“Thoughtlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thoughtlessness. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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