uncarefuladj.

a1555 H. Latimer in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1317/1 We be secure & vncarefull, as though false Prophetes coulde not haue meddled with vs.

1592 N. Breton Pilgrimage to Paradise 84 Vnhappy hart, that euer thee offended,..Vncarefull eare, that euer tale attended.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) ii. ii. 58 An vncarefull Magistrate neglecteth the good of the common-weale.

1647 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions iii. 15 An eagernesse to take in, makes uncareful to retain.

1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) 210 Careful nursing has done in a few weeks what uncareful medical observation has declared it impossible to do in less than two years.

1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys (1883) I. xi. 165 I had noticed (in an uncareful fashion enough, no doubt) the great changes which had taken place in Italy.

1560 W. Maitland Let. 20 Jan. in W. Robertson Wks. (1824) III. App. ii. 121 Our eyes are opened, we espy how uncareful they have been of our weile at all tymes.

1572 H. Middlemore in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 7 So ame I not uncarefull of hir in any thinge that I maye knowe to be for hir preservation and good.

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 263 Such [Gods] as are uncareful of us, and despisers of small matters, and therefore also ignorant of us.

1664 King Charles II Speech to both Houses 21 Mar. 6 That Bill..passed in a Time very uncareful for the Dignity of the Crown, or the Security of the People.

1882 M. Oliphant Lit. Hist. Eng. I. 90 A delusion..which..he suddenly adopts and sanctions, uncareful of the misery which it might produce.

1897 Church Times 6 Aug. 135/2 The exclusiveness of official Anglicanism, un-careful of the masses, and caring only for the big purses.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. xiii. 234 There shall thy soule possesse uncarefull Treasure.

a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 112 How hast thou liv'd O my uncarefull soule to see these prophesies fulfill'd?

1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. II. 291 This journey from Rome has been one of the brightest and most uncareful interludes of my life.

1873 J. Ruskin Val D'Arno 191 The uncareful happiness of men clothed, without labour, and fed without fear.

1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. vi. 636 He began so uncarefully to thrust at my Prince.

1567 T. Paynell tr. Amadis de Gaula 255 [We] shall soone breake them, being thus open, and it may be through uncarefulnesse and negligence chauncing unto them.