carelessness

Example Sentences

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It is with such acts of carelessness that leaders lose their credibility and empires lose their power.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

Such cases get attention and send a message that carelessness with firearms is serious business.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

“All the mighty, anarchic carelessness of our country was revealed in Borger,” Benton observed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

It was a dismissal that encapsulated the carelessness that so often costs this England team.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Instinctively colluding in the conspiracy of their fiction, taking care not to decimate it with adult carelessness.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy