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careless

[kair-lis] / ˈkɛər lɪs /




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A careless sentence from a careful man isn’t heard as careless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The family of a teenager killed in a car crash near Stirling two years ago are launching a civil case against the driver who was cleared of causing death by careless driving.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The OpenAI agents are built for different purposes, but an underappreciated factor in their going hacker mode is that the company’s own staffers were negligent and careless in monitoring their own experiments.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

Beneficiary-designation mistakes are among the most common and costly errors in estate planning, and they happen to careful planners just as often as careless ones.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The exploding candle, the fire, the aftermath, it all led back to one careless mistake.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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