inconsiderate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others
    • shockingly inconsiderate behavior
  2. adjective satellite without proper consideration or reflection
    unconsidered.
    • slovenly inconsiderate reasoning
    • unconsidered words
    • prejudice is the holding of unconsidered opinions

WordNet


In`con*sid"er*ate adjective
Etymology
L. inconsideratus. See In- not, and Considerate.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913