thoughtless

adj
/ˈθɔːtləs/UK/ˈθɔtləs/US/ˈθɑtləs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English thoughtless From thought + -less.

  1. derived from *teng-der

Definitions

  1. Marked by or showing lack of due thought or care.

  2. Inconsiderate, inattentive.

    • A thoughtless remark.
  3. Lacking thought or consideration.

    • The debate turned into thoughtless bickering.
    • In thoughtless and breathless fear I rushed forward to avoid this host of demons, but while flying thus still more frightful and distorted shapes appeared, and I fancied I felt their hands clutching me.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at thoughtless. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01thoughtless02inattentive03careless04mistakes05mistake06unintentional07unwitting08unaware

A definitional loop anchored at thoughtless. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at thoughtless

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA