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aforethought

[uh-fawr-thawt, uh-fohr-] / əˈfɔrˌθɔt, əˈfoʊr- /
ADJECTIVE
considered
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studied treated
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advised contemplated designed examined express investigated mediated premeditated weighed
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designful given due consideration gone into intentional prepense studious thought-about thought-through voluntary well advised well-chosen willful
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disregarded forgotten neglected unplanned unstudied
ADJECTIVE
deliberate
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calculated careful cautious cold-blooded conscious meticulous premeditated prudent purposeful studious thoughtful willful
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advised considered designed express fixed intended judged planned pondered prearranged predetermined projected purposed reasoned resolved schemed studied weighed
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cut-and-dried designful done on purpose predesigned predeterminate prepense provident purposive scrupulous thought-out voluntary wary with forethought witting
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careless heedless ignorant imprudent inattentive incautious thoughtless uncareful unmindful
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indefinite unplanned
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chance indeterminate unintentional unmethodical unsystematic unwitting
ADJECTIVE
intended
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calculated contracted designed expected planned predetermined promised proposed
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advised affianced betrothed contemplated meant pinned plighted prearranged predestined set steady
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accidentally on purpose asked for future intentional
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unfixed
ADJECTIVE
intentional
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calculated premeditated voluntary willful
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designed
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advised considered designful done on purpose intended meant meditated planned prearranged proposed purposed studied unforced willing witting
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involuntary unwilling
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accidental unintentional unplanned
ADJECTIVE
premeditated
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calculated conscious deliberate intentional willful
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advised considered contrived designed fixed purposed rigged studied
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framed up laid-out prepense set-up sewn-up stacked deck thought-out
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unintentional
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unplanned
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accidental casual spontaneous
ADJECTIVE
studied
Synonyms
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calculated considered designed planned prepared thoughtful
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advised affected deliberate examined investigated plotted premeditated reviewed willing
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conscious gone into prepense purposeful studious thought-about thought-out thought-through voluntary well-considered willful
Antonyms
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natural spontaneous unintentional unplanned

Example Sentences

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Everything he has done in his whole life has been with malice aforethought.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2022

And unlike many of the distortions floating around in social media, this one didn’t arise from malice aforethought, or result from anyone trying to perpetrate a scam or manipulate reality.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2018

As Regina George, the reigning mean girl with malice aforethought, Taylor Louderman is a contender for lead actress in a musical.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2018

Armando Iannucci’s absurdist comedy reveals this in an extremely loose manner of speaking, with malice aforethought, straight-faced glee and formidable sharpshooting that occasionally misfires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2018

The French writer is inevitably epigrammatic first, and, if diffusive afterward, it is with malice aforethought.

From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various