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Meanings of careless in English

Portuguese
descuidado
Catalan
descuidat

Marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful.

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descuidado

(Usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration.

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Careless.

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Usage of careless in English
1
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, despite worthy shareholder-friendly aims, seems careless.
Reuters
2
You could even find that careless inattention will undo previous good work.
The South African
3
They live in the memory even of the careless like real people.
My Contemporaries In Fiction
4
He was in the field quite careless of the minutiae of drill.
The Campaign of Chancellorsville
5
But Pamela knew that others saw her family as decadent, careless, unfeeling.
The double bind
6
Kingozi threw a careless glance in the direction of the approaching group.
The Leopard Woman
7
It was probably a good thing he couldn't see her careless shrug.
Our little secret
8
He was stupidly silent; he could not join in her careless vivacity.
Maurice Guest
9
His hands were in his pockets; his face wore a careless smile.
Roden's Corner
10
Don't make careless promises, because someone could take your assurances quite seriously.
The South African
11
Piers waved his cap in careless adieu, and turned the animal round.
The Bars of Iron
12
Of course you must be punished; it was exceedingly careless and mischievous.
Probable Sons
13
With the end of the carefree vacation days went the careless motorist.
The Fourth "R"
14
Someone had been careless, someone had disregarded the most basic security measures.
Firewall
15
Madame Dubois came in smiling, dressed in a style of careless elegance.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
16
But she shouldn't be so careless, or speak to you that way.
In for a penny
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Careless through the time
Careless across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
New Zealand
Less common
Ireland
Less common
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