incogitantadj.
/ɪnˈkɒdʒɪtənt/ That does not think.
1. Thoughtless; unthinking; characterized by want of thought; inconsiderate.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or thoughtless
unthoughtfula1533
inconsulted1533
thoughtless1592
unconsiderate1594
inconsideratea1616
unweighinga1616
indeliberatea1617
incogitant1629
inconsidering1685
gay1703
uncalculatinga1832
1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence i. 121 By the incogitant use of these and the like Scripture Phrases.
1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) ii. i. 138 A light incogitant young man.
a1683 B. Whichcote Several Disc. (1703) III. 194 I might have been incogitant all my days of these things, which when offered I know to be true.
1732 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible (1767) VI. viii. v. 512 So blind and incogitant that his Empress Messalina married herself to another man.
1893 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 16 Feb. 123/1 If the ruling of an incogitant autocrat is to be preferred to the warrant of good usage.
2. Not having the faculty of thinking.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > absence of thought > [adjective]
unfurnished1549
vacant1579
thoughtless1594
thoughtfree1652
unthinking1688
incogitative1690
incogitant1702
fanciless1753
vacuous1854
1702 J. Howe Living Temple i. iii. §12, in Wks. (1724) I. 45 As mind is a cogitant substance, matter is incogitant.
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