1. 1未經思考的、輕率的;(另一義)沒被考慮到的、被忽略的

    Said or done without stopping to think first, especially without thinking about what might happen afterwards. If you make an unconsidered remark, you did not weigh your words — you just said them, and someone may get hurt or you may look foolish. It is a quiet, slightly formal word; it does not shout at the person the way 'careless' or 'stupid' would, but it is still a criticism. Notice that it usually goes in front of a noun: unconsidered remarks, an unconsidered decision, unconsidered action. You almost never say 'his remark was unconsidered' — that sounds odd. There is a second, older use that you will meet in reading: 'unconsidered' can mean 'not looked at, not taken into account' — an unconsidered factor is one nobody thought about, and here nobody is being blamed at all. Shakespeare fans know the phrase 'a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles', where it means small things nobody bothered to value. So the same word can point at the speaker (you didn't think) or at the thing (nobody noticed it); the sentence tells you which.

組成un-(不)+ considered(經過考慮的)。considered 來自動詞 consider(考慮)加 -ed,所以整個字就是「沒有被考慮過的」。

同家族的字

  • considerthe verb inside it — to think about something carefully
  • considerateshares consider; means thinking about other people's feelings
  • considerationshares consider; the act of thinking something over
  • inconsideratealso 'not thinking', but aimed at other people's feelings rather than at consequences

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

unconsideredadj

  • 1

    Not considered.

    • He proteſted to him, […] that this Flight of his ſhou'd be look'd on as a heat of Youth, and raſhneſs of a too forward Courage, and an unconſider'd impatience of Liberty, and no more; […]
    • In his extreme desire to grasp dollars and power, the unintellectual exile was ready to throw himself into the arms of any wandering cut-throat whose help could be secured, and Babalatchi experienced great difficulty in restraining him from unconsidered violence.
  • 2

    Not considered.

    • My father […] was likewise a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles.
    • At length the auction began in the room below, whence they could hear each familiar article knocked down, the highly prized ones cheaply, the unconsidered at an unexpected price.

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