careless
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Adjective (3)
- marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful“careless about her clothes”“forgotten by some careless person”“a careless housekeeper”“careless proofreading”“it was a careless mistake”“hurt by a careless remark”Opposite carefulSimilar casual, incautious, heedless, haphazard, offhandRelates to carefulnessSee also inattentive, incautious, unconcerned, negligent, superficial, imprudent
- effortless and unstudied“an impression of careless elegance”“danced with careless grace”Opposite artfulSimilar artless
- (usually followed by ‘of’) without due thought or consideration“careless of the consequences”“crushing the blooms with regardless tread”Synonyms: regardlessOpposite attentiveSimilar heedless, unheeding
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Translations
Adjective not giving sufficient attention or thought
- Spanish
- descuidado
- French
- négligent
- German
- nachlässig
- Italian
- negligente
- Portuguese
- descuidado
- Turkish
- ihmalkâr
- Russian
- небре́жный nebréžnyj
- Arabic
- مهمل muhmil
- Chinese
- 大意 dàyì
- Japanese
- 不注意 fuchūi
21 more languages
- Dutch
- achteloos
- Polish
- niedbały
- Swedish
- vårdslös
- Greek
- απρόσεκτος aprósektos
- Indonesian
- ceroboh
- Vietnamese
- bất cẩn
- Hungarian
- gondatlan
- Portuguese (PT)
- descuidado
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 大意 dàyì
- Catalan
- negligent
- Czech
- lehkomyslný
- Danish
- skødesløs
- Esperanto
- malzorga
- Finnish
- huolimaton
- Georgian
- დაუდევარი daudevari
- Icelandic
- kærulaus
- Norwegian
- uaktsom
- Romanian
- nepăsător
- Scottish Gaelic
- coma
- Slovak
- nepozorný
- Welsh
- anofalus
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: AS. cearleás.
1. Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted. Edmund Spenser
Sleep she as sound as careless infancy.— William Shakespeare
2. Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless.
My brother was too careless of his charge.— William Shakespeare
He grew careless of himself.— Sir Richard Steele
3. Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression.
He framed the careless rhyme.— James Beattie
4. Not receiving care; uncared for. rare
Their many wounds and careless harms.— Edmund Spenser
Synonyms: Negligent; heedless; thoughtless; unthinking; inattentive; incautious; remiss; supine; forgetful; regardless; inconsiderate; listless.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54