careless
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He said Blake used a prepaid phone card to call McLarty but was careless enough to do it from his home landline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
For Jutta Ambrositsch, a pioneering figure among the new wave of Viennese winemakers, "the major problem is insensitive and careless real estate development in the 'heurigen areas'".
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Unerringly, they blame a sloppy and careless press or an ignorant public for failing to understand.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
“We must stop careless behavior,” he said in one briefing this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
This does not mean that its rightness was always apparent, although careless historians and scientists often imply as much; it does mean that its rightness becomes incontestable, at least for a period of time.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing careless
Power Suffix: -less
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