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
In the real world, many countries lacked even simple health services, and others had clinics and hospitals staffed by the ignorant, the careless, and the lazy.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing careless
Power Suffix: -less
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