afterthought
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈæftərˌθɔt/
- In the meeting, my suggestions felt more like an afterthought rather than a key contribution.
- almost an afterthought
- mere afterthought
- only an afterthought
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Watch on YouTubeThen later, not in the same batch, but as an afterthought, will a dragon cross the wall of stones?
- Then later, not in the same batch, but as an afterthought, will a dragon cross the wall of stones?
- It turned out that that for a lot of them was an afterthought.
- Work, kids, other responsibilities and it can become easy to treat a partner as an afterthought.
- And as a sort of afterthought, I, I had added one page about, well, actually the microbiome could be the key to this.
- Wadir became an afterthought the very next day.
- You basically you are an afterthought and maybe not even an afterthought in God's mind.
- Like like she's completely been the afterthought the other in this whole experience.
- This opposition is not an afterthought.
- The mid range category is it's, it's kind of a, an afterthought.
Examples
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Initially, commercial music seemed an attractive afterthought to this new regime of broadcasting propaganda and other cultural programs.
Academic text (2015) -
Sports Illustrated perpetuated the treatment of females as afterthoughts, rather than as central figures in elite sports.
Academic text (2007) -
I was something of an afterthought in the family.
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Assessment is not just an afterthought at the end of the term.
Academic text (2009) -
You make me sound like an afterthought.
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I could stay there another hundred years, and still just be an afterthought.
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Everything beyond the food is an afterthought, according to Puck.
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Malina stuck the book in her bag as an afterthought the morning she left Warsaw.
Fiction book (1993) -
The structure seemed to be an ugly afterthought to the automated design of the U.N.-mandated OHC Station.
Fiction book (1997) -
35 popular elections have transformed Taiwan from an authoritarian afterthought to the cutting edge of Chinese democracy.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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3.6
A thought that makes you doubt or change a decision you already made
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Etymology
Afterthought is made of after ('after') and thought ('idea'). So, it means an idea or thing you think of or add later, after something is already done.