Meaning of careless in English
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Classifying Adjective
carelessDefinitions
1. effortless and unstudiedExamples
- « an impression of careless elegance »
- « danced with careless grace »
Synonyms
- 2. showing an unthinking lack of consideration
Examples
- « a careless remark »
Synonyms
Qualitative Adjective
carelessEtymology
Old English carlēas ‘free from care’ (see care, -less)Definitions
1. marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughnessExamples
- « not careful »
- « careless about her clothes »
- « forgotten by some careless person »
- « a careless housekeeper »
- « careless proofreading »
- « it was a careless mistake »
- « hurt by a careles »
Synonyms
- casual
- cursory
- passing(a)
- perfunctory
- haphazard
- slapdash
- slipshod
- sloppy
- heedless
- reckless
- negligent
- offhand
- offhanded
- incautious
Antonyms
Famous quotes
- « Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone. » A. R. Ammons
- « Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. » Albert Einstein
- « A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. » David Hume
- « There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together. » Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- « The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it. » Gilbert K. Chesterton