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carelessness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of carelessness

failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes

the only errors you made were from carelessness, not lack of knowledge

Synonyms of carelessness

dereliction, heedlessness, incaution, incautiousness, laxness, neglectfulness, negligence, remissness, slackness

Words Related to carelessness

foolhardiness, rashness, recklessness, wildness

neglect, omission

delinquency, irresponsibility, irresponsibleness, malfeasance, malpractice, misconduct

misdirection, mishandling, mismanagement

forgetfulness, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness, obliviousness, shortsightedness, unwariness

Near Antonyms of carelessness

alertness, attention, attentiveness, awareness

circumspection, observance, vigilance, watchfulness

responsibility, responsibleness

Antonyms of carelessness

care, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, heedfulness

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