unconsidered

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ considered.

Adjective

unconsidered (comparative more unconsidered, superlative most unconsidered)

1. Not considered.
   1. Not carefully planned or thought through beforehand. (of an action or statement)
      • 1688, A[phra] Behn, Oroonoko: Or, The Royal Slave. A True History, London: […] Will[iam] Canning, […], →OCLC, page 201:

        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; […]

      • 1896, Joseph Conrad, chapter V, in An Outcast of the Islands, London: T. Fisher Unwin […], →OCLC, part I, page 61:

        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.

      • 2013, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 15, in The Childhood of Jesus‎^[1], London: Harvill Secker, page 116:

        If the remark were merely unconsidered, if on further reflection he would like to withdraw or amend it, I am sure the gesture would be appreciated.

   2. Not noticed; not considered worthy of notice.

      Synonym: neglected

      • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

        My father […] was likewise a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles.

      • 1894 December – 1895 November, Thomas Hardy, chapter VI, in Jude the Obscure, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], published 1896, →OCLC, part V (At Aldbrickham and Elswhere), page 361:

        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.

      • 1906, William John Locke, chapter 22, in The Belovéd Vagabond‎^[2], London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, page 285:

        She pointed to a draughty, unconsidered table by the door.