In`con*sid"er*ate (?), a. [L. inconsideratus. See In- not, and Considerate.]

1.

Not considerate; not attentive to safety or to propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others; hasty; careless; thoughtless; heedless; as, the young are generally inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct.

It is a very unhappy token of our corruption, that ther should be any so inconsiderate among us as to sacrifice morality to politics. Addison.

2.

Inconsiderable.

[Obs.]

E. Terry.

Syn. -- Thoughtless; inattentive; inadvertent; heedless; negligent; improvident; careless; imprudent; indiscreet; incautious; injudicious; rash; hasty.

 

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