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/ ˈkɛər lɪs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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.
Archaic . free from anxiety.
Origin of careless before 1000; Middle English; Old English carlēas. See care, -less
SYNONYMS FOR careless 1 inattentive, incautious, unwary, indiscreet, reckless.
2 inaccurate, negligent.
3 unthoughtful, unmindful.
4 thoughtless, forgetful; inconsiderate.
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OTHER WORDS FROM careless 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
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Words nearby careless carefree, careful, caregiver, caregiver speech, care label, careless , careline, Carême, Caren, care package, care plan
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In July 2008, candidate Obama promised he would be “as careful getting out of Iraq as we were careless getting in.”
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Carlier said to Kayerts in a careless tone: "I say, chief, I might just as well give him a lift with this lot into the store."
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We must once have had such a race in our cow-boys and Texas rangers—level-eyed, careless men who know no masters, only equals.
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His sudden sense of her nearness and beauty belied the careless words.
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As a matter of course, they went in, and had a good meal off a loaf which the careless table-maid had left standing on the shelf.
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But now the pack began to rouse up and show its rage under the calm, careless , defiant contempt with which it was being treated.
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British Dictionary definitions for careless adjective done with or acting with insufficient attention; negligent
(often foll by in, of, or about ) unconcerned in attitude or action; heedless; indifferent (to) she's very careless about her clothes
(usually prenominal) carefree
(usually prenominal) unstudied; artless an impression of careless elegance
Derived forms of careless carelessly , adverb carelessness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to careless indifferent, indiscreet, inaccurate, wasteful, hasty, irresponsible, forgetful, lackadaisical, negligent, nonchalant, thoughtless, lax, sloppy, casual, reckless, naive, absent-minded, abstracted, cursory, heedless