inconsiderately

Examples

• All

• She had meant to ask him what he wanted to do about dinner and tell him where to meet to catch the bus when she saw him after English, but then he had inconsiderately taken himself off.

  Fiction book (1991)

• >> WELL, YOU DID ACT KIND OF STUPIDLY AND INCONSIDERATELY.

  Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)

• You get further by treating women badly, not terribly but quite a bit inconsiderately.

  Blog text (17)

• About as inconsiderately as we're treating John's.

  The Man from Earth (2007)

• >> WELL, YOU DID ACT KIND OF STUPIDLY AND INCONSIDERATELY.

  Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)

• AND YOU CERTAINLY MADE A MESS OF STUPIDLY AND INCONSIDERATELY.

  Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)

• Let alone overhear his wife complaining about the risk inherent in wet roads, about the traffic, heavy already, although it was early in the day, about the draft the driver had created by cracking his window, and the smoke of his cigarette, which was inconsiderately circulating through the backseat before finding its way out into the street.

  Fiction book (1994)

• One of the two men was in the holding cell because he'd inconsiderately shot a little Korean grocer who'd resisted his attempts to empty the store's cash register.

  Fiction book (1999)

• He inconsiderately cut in line, making everyone waiting feel frustrated.

• She inconsiderately interrupted the meeting, causing confusion among the participants.

Synonyms

C

contemptuously

vsinconsiderately

4 7.5

In a way that shows you have no respect for someone or something

is lack of regard that may not involve explicit scorn or contempt

T

thoughtlessly

vsinconsiderately

3 4.9

Without thinking carefully or caring about others

emphasizes a lack of regard itself, not only absent thought

C

crassly

vsinconsiderately

• Offensive

1 7.8

In a way that shows no care for other people's feelings

is lack of regard rather than merely coarse style

I

insensitively

vsinconsiderately

1 6.1

In a way that does not think about other people's feelings

is general lack of regard beyond emotional unawareness

I

impolitely

vsinconsiderately

1 4.2

In a rude way that shows little respect for others

is general lack of regard, not only breach of manners

U

ungraciously

vsinconsiderately

1 7.1

In a rude or unfriendly way

is lack of consideration rather than merely awkward manners

I

insolently

vsinconsiderately

1 7.6

In a rude way that shows no respect for people in charge

is lack of regard generally, not specifically open contempt

U

uncharitably

vsinconsiderately

1 6.8

In a harsh and unkind way toward other people

is lack of regard rather than active harshness or moral judgment

B

boorishly

vsinconsiderately

• Offensive

1 8.2

In a rude way that shows no respect for others

is lack of regard even if not crude or rough

I

impertinently

vsinconsiderately

1 7.6

In a rude way that shows no respect for a person in charge

is lack of regard without necessarily being boldly disrespectful

U

unsympathetically

vsinconsiderately

1 6.6

Without showing care for someone's feelings

is broader lack of regard beyond only feeling or sympathy

U

unbecomingly

vsinconsiderately

• Formal

1 8.1

In a way that is not proper or suitable for the situation

is lack of regard for others rather than merely poor suitability

U

undiplomatically

vsinconsiderately

7.5

In a way that is not careful about other people's feelings

is general disregard rather than only a failure of tact

U

uncouthly

vsinconsiderately

8.8

In a rude, awkward way that shows little politeness

is lack of regard not only roughness or low refinement

M

meanspiritedly

vsinconsiderately

• Offensive

8.5

In a mean way that tries to hurt someone

is lack of regard without necessarily having malice or spite

I

indecorously

vsinconsiderately

• Formal

8.7

In a way that shows bad manners

is lack of regard specifically for people, not only for rules

Antonyms

C

considerately

1 3.0

In a way that shows care for other people's feelings and needs

How Considerate

selflessly

7 3.8

thoughtfully

43 3.7

considerately

1 3.0

inconsiderately

1 6.5

thoughtlessly

3 4.9

rudely

25 1.3

selfishly

18 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology