English > careless: 3 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful. |
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| Examples | - "careless about her clothes"
- "forgotten by some careless person"
- "a careless housekeeper"
- "careless proofreading"
- "it was a careless mistake"
- "hurt by a careless remark"
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| Attribute of | carefulness | The quality of being careful and painstaking |
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| Narrower | casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory, superficial | hasty and without attention to detail |
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| haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy | marked by great carelessness |
| heedless, reckless | Characterized by careless unconcern |
| incautious | carelessly failing to exercise proper caution |
| offhand, offhanded | casually thoughtless or inconsiderate |
| See also | imprudent | not prudent or wise |
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| inattentive | showing a lack of attention or care |
| incautious | lacking in caution |
| negligent | Characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern |
| superficial | Concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious |
| unconcerned | lacking in interest or care or feeling |
| Opposite | careful | Exercising caution or showing care or attention |
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| Spanish | descuidado, irresponsable, negligente |
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| Catalan | descuidat, negligent |
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| Nouns | carelessness | failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances |
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| carelessness | the quality of not being careful or taking pains |
| Adverbs | carelessly | without caution or prudence |
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| carelessly | without care or concern |
