carelessness
16
2.8
- noun
- /ˈkɛr.ləs.nəs/
:
descuido
- Your carelessness is driving me insane!
- carelessness and disorganization
- carelessness and ignorance
- signs of carelessness
He also says carelessness can look like good nature, temerity like courage.
- He also says carelessness can look like good nature, temerity like courage.
- And sadly, most of our manufactured environment, I think testifies to a degree of carelessness.
- There's also a carelessness that can accompany the don't worry as an ideology.
- This was not just extreme carelessness with classified material, which is still totally disqualifying.
- And invariably the entitlement, the carelessness and their indifference will slowly devolve into bread crumbing.
- Careless carelessness is just sort of doing without thinking or not doing when you should be.
- And yet we see people making not just dumb mistakes through carelessness, but we see people who genuinely don't get it sometimes.
- These are qualities of being still young, of still being a child, carelessness, spontaneity.
- It's just, it makes me feel like there's just more of a sense of carelessness around.
- The ratio of responsibility to carelessness, The ratio of love without end to patients without reward.
Examples
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Rimm (1997) asserted that procrastination, incomplete assignments, disorganization, and carelessness are typical of underachievers.
Academic text (2006) -
But it could get to a level of carelessness where we take on way too much debt.
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Yet for every case of carelessness, there were also many examples of concern.
Academic text (2012) -
The Arts Report Card indicates considerable carelessness in test design, administration, and reporting.
Academic text (1999) -
Another incident further reveals the carelessness in the caretaker's home.
Academic text (2002) -
But breaches of confidentiality continue to occur, often arising from carelessness or not knowing the rules.
Academic text (2011) -
Identifying and correcting organizational failings prevents future unintentional violations resulting from mistakes or carelessness.
Academic text (2018) -
His constant carelessness with deadlines eventually cost him his job.
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Carelessness in following safety procedures can lead to serious accidents.
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The engineer was criticized for his carelessness during the construction project.
Synonyms
100
3.5
Not caring for someone or something that needs care
80
6.5
Failure to take proper care that causes harm or loss
18
5.2
Acting without caring about danger or what might happen
5
3.7
Careless, untidy behaviour that shows little attention to detail
1
5.6
Acting or speaking quickly without thinking about the bad results
1
7.0
Not paying attention that causes mistakes or hurts others
1
7.8
Not paying attention to danger or important things
1
9.3
Not paying attention causes mistakes
1
8.8
A careless failure to take normal care that causes or could cause harm
1
6.1
A lack of care or strictness in work
1
7.7
A failure to be careful or to use good judgment when making choices
1
8.2
A habit of taking dangerous risks without thinking about the results
Not paying attention and being careless about work
Lack of attention that makes you forget or ignore tasks
Failure to pay attention before acting or speaking
A lack of care when doing important work that causes problems
Not being careful or responsible about doing what is right
Not being careful about danger or risk
A lack of care that makes you less alert to danger
Failing to do what you should or to keep promises
Not doing important duties and not accepting blame for mistakes
A lack of good judgment when making choices
Antonyms
How Careless
18
5.2
- Specialized
80
6.5
16
2.8
5
3.7
8
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word carelessness comes from care, meaning 'worry' or 'attention', and the ending -less, meaning 'without', so it means 'without care'. That's why carelessness describes a lack of attention or concern that can lead to mistakes or accidents.