care·less

(kâr′lĭs)

adj.

1. Taking insufficient care; negligent: a careless housekeeper; careless proofreading.

2. Marked by or resulting from lack of forethought or thoroughness: a careless mistake.

3. Showing a lack of consideration: a careless remark.

4. Unconcerned or indifferent; heedless: careless of the consequences.

5. Unstudied or effortless: danced with careless grace.

6. Exhibiting a disposition that is free from cares; cheerful: a careless grin; a careless wave of the hand.

care′less·ly adv.

care′less·ness n.

Synonyms: careless, heedless, thoughtless, inadvertent
These adjectives apply to people who perform actions marked by insufficient care or attention or to the actions themselves. Careless often implies negligence or casual indifference: "It is natural for careless writers to run into faults they never think of" (George Berkeley).
Heedless can suggest willful or reckless disregard: "She ... watched the top of the hill for someone drunk or heedless coming over it in part of her lane" (Andre Dubus).
Thoughtless applies to actions taken without due consideration; it frequently implies lack of concern for others: "a thoughtless remark about the war that will worry an already worried child" (Kristin Henderson).
Inadvertent implies unintentional lack of care or attention: "For the deterrence theorists, the greatest worry was inadvertent war, a cataclysm that might follow from misperception" (Eliot A. Cohen).

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adv.	1.	carelessly - without care or concern; "carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment" heedlessly
	2.	carelessly - without caution or prudence; "one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands" incautiously cautiously, carefully - as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact; "she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid gloves"
	3.	carelessly - in a rakish manner; "she wore her hat rakishly at an angle" raffishly, rakishly

Translations

بِدونِ اهْتِمامٍ عِنايَةٍ

nedbale

sjusket

leichtsinnigerweisenachlässig

négligemment nonchalamment imprudemment

nemarno

gondatlanul

kæruleysislega

incautamente

skjødesløst

brezskrbnoneprevidno

dikkat etmedendikkatsizce

粗心地

carelessly

[ˈkɛəlɪslɪ] ADV

1. (= negligently) [write, leave, handle] → sin cuidado, sin la debida atención; [drive] → imprudentemente, con negligencia

2. (= casually) [say, reply] → a la ligera; [drop, toss] → despreocupadamente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

carelessly

[ˈkɛə^rləsli] adv

(without care) [put, throw] → négligemment; [drive, park] → imprudemment

(= casually) → avec insouciance

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

carelessly

adv

(= negligently, heedlessly) leave, discard, place, handle, allow → leichtsinnigerweise, unvorsichtigerweise

(= casually) say → gedankenlos; throw, toss → achtlos

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

carelessly

[ˈkɛəlɪslɪ] adv (act, drive) → con disattenzione, distrattamente; (work) → con poco impegno, negligentemente; (speak) → senza tatto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

care

(keə) noun

1. close attention. Do it with care.

2. keeping; protection. Your belongings will be safe in my care.

3. (a cause for) worry. free from care; all the cares of the world.

4. treatment. medical care; skin care.

verb

1. to be anxious or concerned. Don't you care if you fail?; I couldn't care less (= It's of no importance to me); She really cares about her career.

2. to be willing (to). Would you care to have dinner with me?

ˈcareful adjective

1. taking care; being cautious. Be careful when you cross the street; a careful driver.

2. thorough. a careful search.

ˈcarefully adverb

ˈcarefulness noun

ˈcareless adjective

not careful (enough). This work is careless; a careless worker.

ˈcarelessly adverb

ˈcarelessness noun

ˈcarefree adjective

light-hearted. a carefree attitude.

care'giver noun

someone whose job is to look after a sick or disabled person.

ˈcaretaker noun

a person who looks after a building etc.

ˈcareworn adjective

worn out by worry. a careworn face.

ˈcare for

1. to look after (someone). The nurse will care for you.

2. to be fond of. I don't care for him enough to marry him.

care of (usually written c/o)

at the house or address of.

take care

to be cautious, watchful, thorough etc. Take care or you will fall!

take care of

to look after. Their aunt took care of them when their parents died.