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careless

[kair-lis]

adjective

not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.

not exact, accurate, or thorough: careless work.

done or said heedlessly or negligently; unconsidered: a careless remark.

not caring or troubling; having no care or concern; unconcerned (usually followed by of, about, or in): careless of the rights of others; careless about one's behavior; careless in speech.

possessed or caused without effort or art; unstudied: careless beauty.

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Archaic. free from anxiety.

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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English carlēas. See care, -less

Related forms

care·less·ly, adverb

care·less·ness, noun

o·ver·care·less, adjective

o·ver·care·less·ly, adverb

o·ver·care·less·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. inattentive, incautious, unwary, indiscreet, reckless. 2. inaccurate, negligent. 3. unthoughtful, unmindful. 4. thoughtless, forgetful; inconsiderate.

Antonyms
1–4. careful.

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Example Sentences

Careless breeding is awful, but the shelter system could be improved, too.

It's not surprising that the jury determined the university had been careless in its investigation.

There is a third way in which you can enjoy maximum privacy but with a safety net if your are careless with your key.

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Careless breeding is awful, but the shelter system could be improved, too.

It's not surprising that the jury determined the university had been careless in its investigation.

There is a third way in which you can enjoy maximum privacy but with a safety net if your are careless with your key.

It is our duty to humankind to stop careless environmental practices that endanger precious natural resources.

In some cases, careless producers have cloned infected plants and inadvertently sold armies of orchids bearing viruses.

Still, the mountain will reward any approach, except careless footing.

One of my pet peeves is the careless interpretation of every behavior through an evolutionary lens.

Yes, she did say some horrible things in her simple and careless way.

For one of infinite knowledge, he was strangely careless how he spread what bits of it to whom.

One careless moment, and you jump back with pieces pinned to your hide.

Too bad some of the careless many will have to experience deprivation to get the idea that all life is connected by a thread.

Unfortunately, the careless shopper was not headed for the party of a lifetime.

The newspaper examined his application materials and found numerous inconsistencies and careless errors.

People tend to be careless with things that don't cost them much.

Explain that sometimes trash gets into the local water, sometimes by mistake and sometimes due to people being careless.

Careless disposal of trash has nothing to do with economic security or survival.

Another part thinks the way it's being done is unnecessarily careless.

It's an industrial process, war, so there are many other opportunities to get killed if you are careless or unlucky.

Careless treatment has caused drug-resistant strains to evolve all over the world.

Nile crocodiles wait stealthily in the night for a careless animal to come within their reach.

The careless murder of one's own citizens is the hallmark of tyranny.

They still emphasise the dangers of careless use of laser dazzlers and the number of casualties that have been caused.

The leaks, in a country with a history of pollution disasters caused by careless miners, provoked an outcry.

BP in my opinion has become too careless and disrespectful of the fact that other beings share the planet with them.

The soft, spongy exterior protects your investment from sharp objects and careless martini drinkers.

On the other hand you are inclined to be careless and impractical causing you to make the same mistakes repeatedly.

They may be either stupid if careless or mean if deliberate.

She could careless what he was up to and refused to partake in his ongoing threats.

But health authorities caution against careless use of any herb.

The court reduced this to careless use of firearms.

Careless use of the drugs in people also contributes to the.

There are people at parties who are careless at times, spilling wine on the upholstery of a chair.

Some of the ugliest digital behavior results from having plentiful bandwidth and using it with careless abandon.

Montana's highest mountains are the kind of unforgiving territory that lures careless hikers to their doom.

Along county roads, they all form a careless cordon so familiar that the road crews simply mow them down a few times each summer.

It is hard to believe my bright, friendly, and caring peers have been so careless and lazy.

One careless move and there's a bemused zombie wandering around with your hatchet firmly embedded in its.

On the other hand, you need not overlook all careless errors.

They also learned how to take advantage of careless motorists who.

Today if you kill due to careless driving likely you will be charged with manslaughter.

For seven and a half years, he has watched sleepy state roads and bustling highways for speeding commuters and careless drivers.

But it may also be that investors are more careless about choosing hedge funds than they should.

Solitary confinement is necessary to prevent a careless researcher from unleashing the enemy.

Perhaps that ought to remind us how easily careless language can lead to mistaken beliefs.

Most spiders bite humans only when extremely provoked by accidental contact or careless handling.

It exists mainly in the human mind and is manufactured from two sources careless data acquisition and dubious data processing.

But decades of careless development and shoddy regulation have put the watershed at risk.

Careless talk of restructuring the debt of euro-zone countries caused the latest storm.

Careless people are turning our oceans into giant trash dumps.

However cell phones are one of my pet peeves because they make people careless and distracted.

Japanese firms are careful to recycle paper but careless about wasting female talent.

They're the ones harmed by such careless support of antiquated gender roles.

But this failure to eliminate rivals for food has seemed somewhat careless.

If the moderator wants to make such claims, he should be less careless in his construction of the resolution.

But a careless hacking away at revenues or spending isn't a solution.

Apparently trouble started with careless overconfidence that the anti-flood walls won't be breached by a strong tsunami.

It is not as if the company has suddenly become careless in the way it makes cars.

It is impossible to borrow too much unless someone is careless enough to lend you too much.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

careless (ˈkɛəlɪs)

—*adj* (often foll by in, of, or about)
1.	done with or acting with insufficient attention; negligent
2.	unconcerned in attitude or action; heedless; indifferent (to): she's very careless about her clothes
3.	(usually prenominal) carefree
4.	(usually prenominal) unstudied; artless: an impression of careless elegance

'carelessly

—*adv*

'carelessness

—n

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Word Origin & History

careless

O.E. carleas "free from anxiety, unconcerned," from care + -less. Meaning "inattentive, not taking due care" is first recorded 1561, in carelessly.

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