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care‧less/ˈkeələs $ ˈker-/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: care, carer; adjective: careful ≠ careless, caring ≠ UNCARING; verb: care; adverb: carefully ≠ carelessly]
1. not paying enough attention to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes, damage things etc OPP careful:
　 ▪ It was careless of him to leave the door unlocked.
　 ▪ a careless mistake
　 ▪ careless driving
careless with
　 ▪ He’s careless with his glasses and has lost three pairs.
　 ▪ Careless talk can be disastrous for a business.

2. [USUALLY BEFORE NOUN]
natural and not done with any deliberate effort or attention:
　 ▪ He ran a hand through his hair with a careless gesture.

3. not concerned about something
careless of
　 ▪ a man careless of his own safety
　 ▪ She gave a careless shrug.
HINT: ► Do not use ‘careless’ to mean that someone has no worries. Use carefree: They all felt happy and carefree.

—carelessly adverb

—carelessness noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
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THESAURUS
▪careless not paying enough attention to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes, damage things etc :
　 ▪ I made a few careless mistakes.
　 ▪ It was careless of you to leave your purse lying about.
　 ▪ He started getting careless about taking his medication.
▪clumsy often dropping or breaking things because you move around in a careless way :
　 ▪ I’m so clumsy, I spilt milk all over the floor.
　 ▪ a clumsy child
▪sloppy careless and lazy in the way you do your work or in your behaviour generally :
　 ▪ As a student, he was brilliant but sloppy.
　 ▪ I will not tolerate sloppy work.
▪reckless especially written doing dangerous or stupid things without thinking about your own or other people’s safety :
　 ▪ The driver of the car was arrested for reckless driving.
　 ▪ His actions showed a reckless disregard for human life.
▪irresponsible careless in a way that might affect other people, especially when you should be taking care of them :
　 ▪ It’s irresponsible for parents to let their children smoke.
　 ▪ his irresponsible attitude to keeping animals
▪tactless carelessly saying something that upsets or embarrasses someone, without intending to do this :
　 ▪ He kept making tactless remarks about her appearance.
　 ▪ a tactless question
　 ▪ I thought it would be tactless to ask about her divorce.
▪casual not being careful enough about something and treating it as though it is not important :
　 ▪ He seems to have a very casual attitude towards his work.
　 ▪ She disliked the casual way in which he made decisions affecting other people’s lives.
▪negligent careless about something that you are responsible for, so that serious mistakes are made – used especially when someone will be officially punished for this :
　 ▪ The doctor was negligent in using the wrong type of needle.
　 ▪ They found him guilty of negligent conduct.

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
careless/dangerous driving
▪ She pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
so
▪ I suggest next time you pick up broken glass you try not to be so careless.
▪ The man so careless with rum and candles.
▪ Could Kevin's parents really be so careless that they would lose him twice?
▪ Soon he begins to get angry at the people involved in the incident for being so careless or so heartless.
▪ These people have become so careless.
NOUN
driving
▪ He was fined 300-pounds and given six penalty points for careless driving.
▪ Clearly, the difference between reckless driving and careless driving is one of degree.
▪ He was over the drink-drive limit and had a previous conviction for careless driving.
▪ A van driver involved in the accident has been charged with causing death by careless driving.
▪ Neighbour Martin Clarke, 31, has been charged with causing his death by careless driving.
▪ He pleaded guilty to careless driving in a letter to the court and was fined £300 and ordered to pay £20 costs.
▪ Consider careless driving in such circumstances. 5 &038; 6.
▪ A 31-year-old labourer was yesterday charged with causing the death of Mr Adams by careless driving after drinking excessively.
talk
▪ She thinks you don't want to spoil things with careless talk.
▪ One slide about careless talk and spies immediately provoked comments about an episode from Dad's Army.
▪ It used to be said in World War Two that careless talk cost lives.
▪ I don't want careless talk to destabilise the shares.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
it is kind/stupid/careless etc of sb (to do sth)
▪ But, it, it is kind of funny.
▪ So it is kind of coming home and a change of focus.
▪ The idea of it is kind of cute: This little Frank guy is trying to find candy.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Careless handling of pesticides causes dozens of accidents on farms every year.
▪ After a few weeks, he started getting careless about taking his medication.
▪ Don't be so careless.
▪ I made a few careless mistakes.
▪ Investigators are still not sure whether the damage was intentional or due to careless work.
▪ It was very careless of you to leave your purse lying on the desk.
▪ Katz argued that the police used too much force and were careless in making arrests.
▪ Keaton got careless and left fingerprints at the scene of the crime.
▪ Officials suspect that the fire was started by careless campers.
▪ Pryce accused the other driver of being careless and negligent.
▪ Some careless idiot forgot to lock the door and the dog got out.
▪ Terence has always been careless with his money.
▪ The building had been finished in a very careless way, with loose wires and unpainted ceilings.
▪ Witnesses say the argument started after a careless remark about the victim's wife.
▪ You say a few careless words to a neighbour and suddenly everyone knows about it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Every year, some careless motorists wind up blinded by acid.
▪ He was fined 300-pounds and given six penalty points for careless driving.
▪ Huy grabbed one of the torches and brought it closer, careless of the wax dripping on to the dead skin.
▪ I was too careless to really focus.
▪ It was a delightful, careless room, untidy and rather deficient in comfortable chairs.
▪ People just thought I was being careless.
▪ She snapped out careless retorts and soared in brief Puccinian reminiscences with equal ease.