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careless
adjective as in without sufficient attention
Strongest matches
casual, forgetful, hasty, inaccurate, indifferent, indiscreet, irresponsible, lackadaisical, lax, negligent, nonchalant, reckless, sloppy, thoughtless, wasteful
Weak matches
absent-minded, abstracted, cursory, disregardful, heedless, improvident, imprudent, inadvertent, incautious, inconsiderate, indolent, injudicious, loose, mindless, napping, oblivious, offhand, perfunctory, pococurante, regardless, remiss, slipshod, uncircumspect, unconcerned, unguarded, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unreflective, unthinking
Example Sentences
"The panel were unanimous in their view that Burn commits a careless tripping offence on Outtara and that a penalty kick should have been awarded," the report noted.
During the meal, Lady Constance made bright, careless remarks about shopping and the weather, and the admiral told manly tales of exploration and danger in distant lands.
How could he speak in such a careless way about the children?
A police motorcyclist who crashed into a pensioner while escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh through London has been found not guilty of causing death by careless driving.
Mr Gray, who denied the charge of death by careless driving, was told by Sheriff Euan Gosney: "You are free to go."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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