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inconsideration|ɪnkənsɪdəˈreɪʃən|
[a. F. inconsidération (16th c.), or ad. late L. inconsiderātiōn-em (Salvianus c 440), f. in- (in-3) + considerātiōn-em, after inconsiderāt-us inconsiderate.]
1. Want of consideration; failure or refusal to consider; thoughtlessness of action; indiscretion.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 90 b, Lechery, blyndnes of mynde, inconsideracyon or neglygence. 1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 91 Tymor standing by blamed him [the king] of great inconsideration. 1656Artif. Handsom. 146 They are at first, through inconsideration or unwontednesse, scandalised at them. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. 281, I had reason to impute full as much to my own inconsideration, as to his power over me. 1815Jane Austen Emma iii. xv, Faults of inconsideration and thoughtlessness. 1847A. Bennie Disc. 52 This tranquillity is the result of inconsideration.
†b. (with pl.) An instance of this; an inconsiderate act; a failure to consider. Obs.
1579Fenton Guicciard. (1618) 288 All men being much amazed at so great an inconsideration. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. iii. §15 (R.) The greatnesse of John's love, when he had mastered the first inconsiderations of his fear, made him to return.
2. Absence of consideration for others; inconsiderateness.
1872W. R. Greg Enigmas (1873) iv. 178 Her [Nature's] merciless inconsideration for the individual where the interests of the Race are in question. 1885Pall Mall G. 22 Sept. 4/2 A protraction of time which is frequently caused by the inconsideration of principals, who will drive off ‘writing their letters’ to the last moment. 1891Scenes Life Nurse 63 In spite of the inconsideration shown by the lady, I felt very sorry for her. |
