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/