uncalculatingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkalkjᵿleɪtɪŋ/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkalkjᵿleɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈkælkjəˌleɪdɪŋ/ (un- prefix1 4.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or thoughtless
unthoughtfula1533
inconsulted1533
thoughtless1592
unconsiderate1594
inconsideratea1616
unweighinga1616
indeliberatea1617
incogitant1629
inconsidering1685
gay1703
uncalculatinga1832
a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) II. ii. 84 That sacrifice is mere asceticism;..it is miscalculating or uncalculating blindness.
1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner iii. 45 Trying to turn his gloom into uncalculating anger.
1873 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 331 These uncalculating disinterested lovers of truth.
Derivatives
unˈcalculatingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > carelessly or thoughtlessly
lightlyOE
inconsideratelyc1460
unconsiderately1570
inconsiderablya1646
incogitantly1648
thoughtlessly1706
uncannily1825
facilely1845
uncalculatingly1852
1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance ix. 95 She seemed ready to fling it away..uncalculatingly.
a1853 F. W. Robertson Lect. (1858) ii. 192 It consecrated certain acts as right, uncalculatingly, and independently of consequences.
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