Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-CON-SID'ER-ATE
IN-CON-SID'ER-A-CYIN-CON-SID'ER-ATE-LY
IN-CON-SID'ER-ATE, a. [L. inconsideratus. See Consider.]
- Not considerate; not attending to the circumstances which regard safety or propriety; hasty; rash; imprudent; careless; thoughtless; heedless; inattentive. The young are generally inconsiderate.
- Proceeding from heedlessness; rash; as, inconsiderate conduct.
- Not duly regarding; with of, before the subject; as, inconsiderate of consequences.
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