Word: thoughtless
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...indulgence of "humours". That it has been so in the past may in great measure be responsible for the crime waves and slackening of the moral fibre that is apparent today. The teaching conditions throughout the country are pitiable enough without the additional charge of selfishness and thoughtlessness being laid upon the teachers themselves. So long as there is no willingness to improve these conditions, teaching will continue to be of a poor quality. As for the propagandists--for the merely thoughtless, a careful reading of Elyot and Ascham; for the purely selfish--discharge. An education which bends the twig...
...maybe our sarcasm is thoughtless. The government has many things to worry it. And we must remember the morals of the marines who guard the mails...
...adopted almost without exception; it will not be soon forgotten that this success is due very largely to the carefully formulated plans which had been completed before the convention of the delegates. With this example so freshly in mind neither Mr. Harding nor any of his advisors would advocate thoughtless acceptance of an invitation to another parley. The benefit which may result from any conference can never be decided beforehand. A knowledge of at least the main topics of the agenda, however, are somewhat of a guide; and in this case the most important seem to be a consideration...
...With the thoughtless procrastination characteristic of most college men, nearly 500 Seniors have put off getting measured for caps and gowns till the last minute. The response to the request that every man in the class have his picture taken and his life blank made out for the Senior Album has not been much better. It is an example of the usual way in which the committees responsible have to plead, prod and exhort the rest of the men to do their part to make class affairs a success...
...never seeks to obtain the signals of an opponent and, even if he learns some of them inadvertently through the carelessness or constant repetition of a thoughtless quarterback, he never gives them to his own team. As a matter of fact and pride from a question of sportsmanship, signals are changeable even in the course of a game and information about them may be a boomerang...