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indeliberate

American  
[in-di-lib-er-it] / ˌɪn dɪˈlɪb ər ɪt /

adjective

  1. done without care; special planning or deliberation; unintentional.


Other Word Forms

  • indeliberately adverb
  • indeliberateness noun
  • indeliberation noun

Etymology

Origin of indeliberate

First recorded in 1610–20; in- 3 + deliberate

Example Sentences

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These types of human expression are easy to control, and the internal effect of each is soon felt where there is deliberate, or indeliberate, perseverance in its maintenance.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

The motions I speak of are entirely indeliberate, even in the machine of man. 

From The Existence of God by Morley, Henry

Evolution prior to the advent of man was an unconscious and therefore indeliberate adaptation of function to environment through the survival of the fittest and the corresponding destruction of the less fit.

From Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Kelly, Edmond

That there are also graces which consist in spontaneous, indeliberate motions of the will,87 is clearly taught by the Council of Trent,88 and evidenced by certain Biblical metaphors.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

Doubt, Sin of, 840 sqq.; methodical and real, 840-841; involuntary, indeliberate, unwelcome and ignorant, 842; negative, 844; positive, 845; passing and permanent, 846.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome