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whakaaro kore

1. (verb) to be thoughtless, careless, unthinking.

Ko mātou ko Ngāti Maru e noho atu nei kāhore e whakaaro kore atu ana ki tā tātou take (TTT 1/1/1927:516). / Ngāti Maru and I who live here are not thoughtless about the matter.

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2. (modifier) thoughtless, unthinking.

Kaua koe e whakaae kia whai mana i a koe ngā tāngata whakaaro kore, engari, kei ngā tāngata whakaaro, kei ngā tāngata e arotau ana ki tō mātou reo (MM.TKM 3-4/1855:9). / Do not let thoughtless people be in power, but people of thought, people who look kindly on our language.

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3. (noun) thoughtlessness.

He hē nui hoki te whakaaro kore, te tikanga tūtūā (TTT 1/8/1925:284). / Thoughtlessness is a great fault, the habit of a person of low degree.

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