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Meanings of carelessness in English

Portuguese
negligência
Catalan
despreocupació
Spanish
descuido

Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.

        negligência
        Portuguese
        falta de cuidado
        Catalan
        distracció
        Spanish
        descuido

        The quality of not being careful or taking pains.

            falta de cuidado
            Usage of carelessness in English
            1
            I had victims waiting whose deaths were not due to simple carelessness.
            Fatal Voyage
            2
            With someone else in the house, his carelessness could have serious consequences.
            Book of lost threads
            3
            Thus far you have been amazingly successful despite frequent foolhardiness and carelessness.
            Gather, Darkness!
            4
            Comey's statement was gratuitous; carelessness is not a violation of federal law.
            Reuters
            5
            Covid-19 is the number one enemy, but carelessness is a close second.
            Independent.ie
            6
            It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
            Pride and Prejudice
            7
            The same carelessness of personal danger was shown all through the Revolution.
            The True George Washington [10th Ed.]
            8
            That could be in-house sabotage; more often it was carelessness or inattention.
            The Irish Times
            9
            His wicked carelessness in forgetting-orattempting to disregard-thelaw of the drinking-troughs.
            Snake and Sword: A Novel
            10
            Mere chance it must have been; ill-luck, or at the worst carelessness.
            Agatha's Husband: A Novel
            11
            They penetrated the indifference and carelessness of both Congress and the States.
            George Washington, Volume I
            12
            The royal carelessness of his character was shown in his financial affairs.
            Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
            13
            Some international security analysts have expressed surprise at the GRU's apparent carelessness.
            News.com.au
            14
            Usually the ones who fell were taken down by their own carelessness.
            Doctor Sleep
            15
            Moreover, the work is marked throughout by inconsistency and carelessness in details.
            An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway
            16
            If we see signs of carelessness, we nip them in the bud.
            Library Work with Children
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            Translations for carelessness
            Spanish
            descuido
            Carelessness through the time
            Carelessness across language varieties
            United Kingdom
            Common
            Ireland
            Less common
            United States of America
            Less common