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Recent Examples of careless Bieber later pleaded guilty to the lesser charges of misdemeanor careless driving and resisting arrest. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025 Now, Mary Landry, 64, has pleaded guilty to careless driving resulting in death and been sentenced to 300 hours of community service, the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office said in a July 15 news release. Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2025 The lives of CEOs today are constantly being scrutinized by the public, and careless mistakes can be very costly. Brit Morse, Fortune, 18 July 2025 Senate Democrats slammed Waltz and Trump’s national security team, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, for the careless handling of sensitive and potentially classified information. Laura Kelly, The Hill, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for careless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for careless
Adjective
  • People have to cross very unsafe zones to reach those areas that are controlled by the IDF and military contractors from the U.S., and then there are insufficient quantities.
    Kendall Wright, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Tests showing unsafe water often correlate with rain—but not always.
    Elijah Polance, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • One of the children was discovered in a neglectful condition in August, according to court records.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 15 June 2025
  • Hinchliffe Stadium originally opened in 1932 and hosted the Negro Leagues’ New York Black Yankees and the American Soccer League’s New Jersey Eagles in the late 1980s before shuttering in 1996 after many neglectful years without maintenance and upkeep.
    Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • With real pressure from Washington, Addis Ababa and the Tigrayan administration should be able to marginalize the reckless factions that are seeking to exploit the situation—and finally bring to heel the Middle Eastern powers that have for too long enjoyed free rein to meddle in the Horn of Africa.
    Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2025
  • But this season, he’s largely kept her in the dark about his reckless bid to construct a transnational railroad line.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
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  • Nearby, Splash Resort draws families and retirees alike with spacious, beachfront units and kid-friendly perks like an indoor water park, a lazy river, and a dive-in movie theater.
    Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
  • In water, adults enjoy Aurora’s partnership with SCUBA SHACK, Anguilla’s only PADI 5-Star Dive Resort, while kids find their heaven at the massive waterpark, complete with slides and a lazy river.
    Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Williams, 26, surrendered with a lawyer at the 44th Precinct stationhouse Thursday morning and was charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal accident and reckless driving, police said.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Last week, a woman who was seriously injured in the collapse filed a similar lawsuit against the defendants, claiming the store and the property owner were negligent and that their failure to properly maintain the building led to her injuries.
    Alexa Stone, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Careless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/careless. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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