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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtless, heedless |
| Synonyms: | brash, careless, credulous, hasty, ignorant, ill-advised, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, negligent, rash, reckless, unadvised, unalert, uncircumspect, unguarded, unprepared, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unvigilant, unwatchful |
| Antonyms: | cautious, heeding, mindful, thoughtful, wary |
| Main Entry: | heedless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless |
| Synonyms: | asleep at the switch, daydreaming, disregardful, fast and loose, feckless, foolhardy, goofing off, impetuous, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, irreflective, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, out to lunch, precipitate, rash, reckless, slapdash, sloppy, thoughtless, uncaring, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, unwary |
| Antonyms: | attentive, careful, caring, cautious, concerned, heedful, observant, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | rash |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, impulsive |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, audacious, bold, brash, daring, determined, devil-may-care, fiery, foolhardy, frenzied, furious, harebrained, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, ill-considered, immature, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insuppressible, irrational, jumping to conclusions, madcap, overhasty, passionate, precipitant, precipitate, premature, reckless, thoughtless, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, venturesome, venturous, wild |
| Notes: | rash (the adjective) suggests imprudence and lack of forethought; reckless implies disregard of possible consequences |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, planned, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | shortsighted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unmindful of future consequences |
| Synonyms: | astigmatic, blind, careless, foolish, headlong, ill-advised, ill-considered, imperceptive, impolitic, impractical, improvident, imprudent, injudicious, myopic, nearsighted, rash, stupid, unsagacious, unwary |
| Antonyms: | careful, longsighted, prudent, thoughtful, wise |
| Main Entry: | unadvised |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not smart; careless |
| Synonyms: | brash, hasty, heedless, hot-headed, ignorant, ill-advised, imprudent, in the dark, inadvisable, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, rash, reckless, thoughtless, unaware, unconsidered, uninformed, unknowing, unsuspecting, unwarned, unwary, unwise |
| Antonyms: | advised, wise |
| Main Entry: | unsuspecting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gullible |
| Synonyms: | confiding, credulous, easy, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, naive, off guard, simple, swallowing, taken in, trustful, trusting, unconscious, undoubting, unsuspicious, unwarned, unwary |
| Antonyms: | conscious, expecting, knowing, realizing, suspecting |
| Main Entry: | short-sighted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unthinking |
| Synonyms: | astigmatic, blind, careless, foolish, headlong, ill-advised, ill-considered, imperceptive, impolitic, impractical, improvident, imprudent, injudicious, myopic, near-sighted, rash, stupid, unsagacious, unwary |
| Main Entry: | ill-considered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rash |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, audacious, bold, brash, daring, determined, devil-may-care, fiery, foolhardy, frenzied, furious, harebrained, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, immature, impetuous, improvident, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insuppressible, irrational, jumping to conclusions, madcap, overhasty, passionate, precipitant, precipitate, premature, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, thoughtless, unconsidered, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, venturesome, venturous, wild |
| Main Entry: | precipitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rash |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, audacious, bold, brash, daring, determined, devil-may-care, fiery, foolhardy, frenzied, furious, harebrained, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, ill-considered, immature, impetuous, improvident, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insuppressible, irrational, jumping to conclusions, madcap, overhasty, passionate, precipitate, premature, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, thoughtless, unconsidered, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, venturesome, venturous, wild |
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