Courteous and Thoughtless

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Courteous adjective - Showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners.

Usage example: their customer service department always gives courteous responses, even to rude people

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Thoughtless is an antonym for courteous in gentle topic.

Thoughtless adjective - Showing a lack of manners or consideration for others.

Usage example: always making thoughtless comments that hurt other people's feelings

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Courteous is an antonym for thoughtless.

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