thoughtlessness

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Thoughtlessness, carelessness, procrastination—and then it was too late.

From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.

Thoughtlessness to the young—anguish to the old—such is mortality!

From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 by Herbert, Henry William

Thoughtlessness and excessive reliance on your own experience, prevented you from weighing deeply the course to be followed by you.

From Lectures and Essays by Smith, Goldwin

Thoughtlessness has no longer an abiding-place, for the mind now perceives that it must be about its Father's business, and Thought becomes a delightful and invigorating exercise, instead of the wearisome effort it seemed before.

From The Elements of Character by Chandler, Mary G.

To illustrate the latter case, let us take this proposition, of which the subject only is an abstract name, "Thoughtlessness is dangerous."

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I by Mill, John Stuart