a00311663
| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness |
| def | not careful |
| examples | careless about her clothes forgotten by some careless person a careless housekeeper careless proofreading it was a careless mistake hurt by a careless remark |
| Outgoing links | |
| Also see | imprudent; inattentive; incautious; negligent; superficial; unconcerned |
| Attribute | carefulness |
| Derivationally related form | careless → carelessness |
| Derivationally related form | careless → carelessness |
| Antonym | careless → careful |
| Similar to | casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory; haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy; heedless, reckless; incautious; offhand, offhanded |
| Incoming links | |
| Also see | inattentive; incautious; unconcerned; negligent; superficial; imprudent |
| Antonym | careful → careless |
| Similar to | casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory; haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy; heedless, reckless; incautious; offhand, offhanded |
| Derived from adjective | carelessly → careless |
| Derived from adjective | carelessly → careless |
| Derivationally related form | carelessness → careless |
| Attribute | carefulness |
| Derivationally related form | carelessness → careless |
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