Sentence examples for sheer thoughtlessness from inspiring English sources

But Arendt's claim that Eichmann was distinguished by "sheer thoughtlessness" needs to be clarified.

That may be why she concludes that Eichmann is "banal" and that his deeds are the work of his "sheer thoughtlessness".

In a highly controversial work, Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), based on her reportage of the trial of the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in 1961, Arendt argued that Eichmann's crimes resulted not from a wicked or depraved character but from sheer "thoughtlessness": he was simply an ambitious bureaucrat who failed to reflect on the enormity of what he was doing.

His second shocking trait was his "sheer thoughtlessness".

Accidental thoughtlessness is forgivable.

Thoughtlessness, however, perpetuates bigotry.

Calculated thoughtlessness is not.

Sheer fear, sheer terror.

Sheer illusion.

But basic thoughtlessness can contribute, too.

It was an act of gross thoughtlessness.