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n. - The trait of not thinking carefully before acting; The quality of failing to be considerate of others.

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  • How necessary to youth and thoughtlessness is the wisdom of experience! '
  • Our human greed and thoughtlessness is creating a lot of human suffering that gets swept under the rug.
  • And the notion of thoughtlessness acquires an added sting.
  • As it had turned out, the most serious result of his thoughtlessness was the loss of our powder, for not a grain more did we possess.
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