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careless

[ kair-lis ]

adjective

  1. not paying enough attention to what one does:

    a careless typist.

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  2. not exact, accurate, or thorough:

    careless work.

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  3. done or said heedlessly or negligently; unconsidered:

    a careless remark.

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  4. 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.

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  5. possessed or caused without effort or art; unstudied:

    careless beauty.

  6. Archaic. free from anxiety.


careless

/ ˈɛəɪ /

adjective

  1. done with or acting with insufficient attention; negligent
  2. often foll byin, of, or about unconcerned in attitude or action; heedless; indifferent (to)

    she's very careless about her clothes

  3. usually prenominal carefree
  4. usually prenominal unstudied; artless

    an impression of careless elegance

“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
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱ, noun
  • ˈ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

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  • o·ver··· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of careless1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English ŧ; care, -less
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Bulley, a truck driver who had also lost custody of Justin, has said the county was careless with his son’s life.

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As John Maynard Keynes said of the challenges of overpopulation, the “chaining up of the one devil may, if we are careless, only serve to lose another still fiercer and more intractable.”

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I’m sure that wherever he is, Stephen is rolling his eyes, having a laugh at my careless use of the hose as I end up drenched.

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The Met has said the van driver, a 26-year-old man, arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and drug-driving offences has been bailed as investigations continue.

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A man has admitted causing the deaths by careless driving of three teenagers who were killed in a crash on their way home from school.

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