SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
inconsiderate
adjective
Showing too little concern for the needs, rights, or feelings of others.
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Without concern for others
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Usage distinction
Return to topInconsiderate conduct may result from thoughtlessness rather than a deliberate wish to harm.
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See inconsiderate in use
Playing loud music outside the study room was inconsiderate.
In a shared office kitchen, one tenant behaved in a boorish way, talking loudly over introductions and mocking another person's lunch. His uncivil reply to a polite request made the exchange more uncomfortable: he told the speaker to stop wasting his time. Leaving his bags across the only spare chair was also inconsiderate of people trying to sit down.
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