ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Inconsideration

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Inconsideration is a noun meaning Lack of due consideration; inattention to consequences, thoughtlessness.

Meaning

Lack of due consideration; inattention to consequences, thoughtlessness.

Example Sentences

new trained Souldiers, and such as are but novices in the trade, doe often headlong, and hand over head cast themselves into dangers, with more inconsideration, than afterward when they have seene and endured the first shocke, and are better trained in the schoole of perils.
He had no leisure to explain himself further, nor Oriana, prepossessed as she was in favour of Philimore, to weigh the subject with that maturity it demanded:—fatal inconsideration, unbecoming Oriana! Her lover anxiously waiting her reply, she expressed her full consent, when her mother and sister joined her.

Word Forms

Synonyms for inconsideration

Depending on context, synonyms include thoughtlessness, inconsiderateness.

Antonyms for inconsideration

Common opposites include consideration, thoughtfulness, considerateness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thoughtlessness, nonconsideration, regardlessness, inattention, unattention, disattention.

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