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indeliberate, a.|ɪndɪˈlɪbərət|
[in-3: cf. F. indélibéré (17th c.).]
†1. Of persons, their qualities, etc.: Wanting in deliberation; inconsiderate; hasty or rash. Obs.
a1617Bayne On Eph. (1658) 100 This may rebuke rash, indeliberate, and self-willed persons. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 22 He reprooves..their indeliberate rashness. a1677Manton Twenty Serm. xv. Wks. 1871 II. 333 There is a will natural and indeliberate, and a will deliberate and elective.
2. Of actions: Done without deliberation or forethought; not carefully considered or planned beforehand. Also of thoughts, words, etc.: Unpremeditated, spontaneous. Now rare.
1655Bp. Bramhall Def. true Liberty 37, I distinguish between free acts and voluntary acts. The former are always deliberate, the latter may be indeliberate. 1680H. Dodwell Two Lett. Advice (1691) 96 Indeliberate actions are not capable of affectation. a1711Ken Psyche Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 162 She felt a sudden indelib'rate Thought, Which strange Conviction in her Spirit wrought. 1896Academy 12 Dec. 535/2 Short, insignificant, prattling, indeliberate letters. |