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Meanings of very careless in English

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Usage of very careless in English
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It was very careless of Peter to let the carriage strike you.
The Fatal Glove
2
Truth to say, his rod had played in a very careless hand.
Sybil, Or, The Two Nations
3
The Great Bear was very bold, or else they were very careless.
The Masters of the Peaks: A Story of the Great North Woods
4
The financial management of his department was bad, or, rather, very careless.
The Abolitionists / Together With Personal Memories Of The Strug...
5
Very , very careless, and he follows it with a terrible leg-side wide.
The Guardian
6
The police said it was very careless-anyonemight have taken it.'
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
7
They had seemed to be very careless in the control of their prisoner.
In the Days of Poor Richard
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I must have entered them in some other book; very careless of me.
Leonie of the Jungle
9
Some parents in Christian America are very careless in this matter.
Children's Edition of Touching Incidents and Remarkable Answers ...
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Froebel himself was certainly very careless in the choice of his.
The Story of My Life — Volume 03
11
I was very careless in those days and Mr Visconti was very plausible.
Travels With My Aunt
12
I was very careless to put it loose in my pocket.
Driven from Home; Or, Carl Crawford's Experience
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It was very careless of them to show you in here.
The Grey Cloak
14
He is, moreover, very careless in his repetition of the same word, cp.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
15
I had heard that the hare is a very careless parent.
The Irish Times
16
It was careless of me not to have thought, very careless.
The Unspeakable Gentleman
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