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INCONSIDERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inconsideration mean? 

INCONSIDERATION (noun)
  The noun INCONSIDERATION has 1 sense:

1. the quality of failing to be considerate of othersplay

  Familiarity information: INCONSIDERATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INCONSIDERATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of failing to be considerate of others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inconsiderateness; inconsideration; thoughtlessness

Hypernyms ("inconsideration" is a kind of...):

unkindness (lack of sympathy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inconsideration"):

tactlessness (the quality of lacking tact)

bluntness (the quality of being direct and outspoken)

Antonym:

consideration (kind and considerate regard for others)


 Context examples 


He has had great faults, faults of inconsideration and thoughtlessness; and I am very much of his opinion in thinking him likely to be happier than he deserves: but still as he is, beyond a doubt, really attached to Miss Fairfax, and will soon, it may be hoped, have the advantage of being constantly with her, I am very ready to believe his character will improve, and acquire from hers the steadiness and delicacy of principle that it wants.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)



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