careless

adjective

care·less | \ ˈker-ləs

Definition of careless

1a : free from care : untroubled careless days

b : indifferent, unconcerned careless of the consequences

2 : not taking care My brother was too careless of his charge.— Shakespeare

3 : not showing or receiving care:

a : negligent, slovenly careless writing

b : unstudied, spontaneous a careless grace a careless glance

c obsolete : unvalued, disregarded

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Examples of careless in a Sentence

He is a careless worker. She was careless with my things. It was a careless mistake. a newspaper known for careless reporting

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May 2 is World Password Day, a chance for security companies to plead with lazy, careless humans to improve their password habits. — Melissa Riofrio, PCWorld, "5 alarming facts in honor of World Password Day," 2 May 2019 Waters was not popping off, making some careless remark. — Rebecca Traister, The Cut, "Summer of Rage," 29 June 2018 The orange phones are the bane of litter-decrying French environmentalists and a symbol of careless, throwaway cartoon strip capitalism. — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, "A 35-Year-Old Garfield Novelty Telephone Mystery Has Been Solved," 29 Mar. 2019 The fire is believed to have started outside due to careless disposal of smoking materials, Farley said. — Alejandro Serrano And Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, "12 people displaced in 5-alarm apartment building fire in Ayer," 18 June 2018 When the difference between five jobs done reasonably well and eight jobs done in careless haste is $4,800, a short amount of time represents a lot of money. — Tim Blair, WSJ, "Green New Deal: A Cautionary Tale," 11 Feb. 2019 In a world in which well-meaning but sometimes careless biologists are creating dangerous organisms in the lab, such accidental release events could prove even more frightening. — R. Daniel Bressler, Vox, "“Designer bugs”: how the next pandemic might come from a lab," 6 Dec. 2018 That one company or another has harvested your data or left it unsecured because that company is specifically and particularly greedy, incompetent, or careless. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "Tech Companies Shouldn't Make Us Trust Them, At All," 11 Jan. 2019 But Facebook was sloppy and careless with your data, and most users had no idea that these partnerships exist. — Recode Staff, Recode, "Recode Daily: Another damning Facebook data-privacy report — and a new lawsuit — sink the social network’s shares," 20 Dec. 2018

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