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单词 careless
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carelessadjective

uk/ˈkeə.ləs/us/ˈker.ləs/

careless adjective (NO ATTENTION)

B1 not taking or showing enough care and attention:

My son's teacher says that his work is often rather careless.
He made a careless remark (= one made without thinking) about her appearance that really upset her.

More examples

  • I tackled him about his careless work and frequent absences.
  • He's very careless with his money.
  • His work is full of careless mistakes.
  • She didn't mean to damage the painting, but she was too careless with it.
  • She's rather careless about her appearance.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Not paying attention

  • absent
  • absent-minded
  • absently
  • abstracted
  • anyhow
  • be having a moment idiom
  • blind
  • faraway
  • glaze
  • go back to sleep! idiom
  • hasty
  • heedless
  • not take a blind bit of notice idiom
  • perfunctory
  • remiss
  • sideline
  • slapdash
  • slaphappy
  • sloppy
  • wander

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careless adjective (NO WORRY)

literary relaxed, natural, and free from worry

See also
carefree

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Calm and relaxed

  • (as) cool as a cucumber idiom
  • at (your) leisure idiom
  • be at peace with the world idiom
  • carefree
  • chilled
  • comfort
  • comfortably
  • easy-going
  • equilibrium
  • free-flowing
  • genteel
  • happy-go-lucky
  • harmonious
  • lamb
  • peaceful
  • quiescent
  • relaxed
  • rested
  • sangfroid
  • self-possession

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carelessly
adverb uk/ˈkeə.ləs.li/us/ˈker.ləs.li/

Examples

  • He tossed the paper carelessly into the bin.
  • He drives rather carelessly.
  • I carelessly left the keys on the table.

B2

He told me off for driving carelessly.
carelessness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈkeə.ləs.nəs/us/ˈker.ləs.nəs/
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