careless
pronunciation
How to pronounce careless in British English:
UK [ˈkeələs]
How to pronounce careless in American English:
US [ˈkerləs]
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- Adjective:
- marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
- effortless and unstudied
- (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration
- showing an unthinking lack of consideration
Word Origin
- careless (adj.)
- Old English carleas "free from anxiety; unconcerned," from care (n.) + -less; a compound probably from Proto-Germanic. Original senses extinct by mid-17c.; main modern meaning "not paying attention, inattentive, not taking due care" is first recorded 1560s (in carelessly).
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Example
- 1. Many accidents happen because people are careless .
- 2. The profits of a brilliant trade can be thrown away in a moment by a careless blunder .
- 3. And above all I can understand why we are sloppy and careless because it 's a lot less effort than being careful .
- 4. But it was a very prominent misprint and you will perhaps wonder how I could have been so careless as to overlook it .
- 5. Take seagull as an example again the seagull wiki has a detailed rundown of the framework 's installation process that has several key steps that are sometimes easily overlooked by careless or unsuspecting developers .