Synonyms of carelessness

carelessness

noun

as in negligence

failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• negligence
• neglectfulness
• neglect
• laxness
• heedlessness
• remissness
• recklessness
• omission
• slackness
• incaution
• incautiousness
• dereliction
• foolhardiness
• rashness
• irresponsibility
• wildness
• malfeasance
• misconduct
• malpractice
• mismanagement
• forgetfulness
• inattention
• inattentiveness
• mishandling
• inadvertence
• inadvertency
• delinquency
• misdirection
• shortsightedness
• obliviousness
• irresponsibleness
• unwariness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• care
• carefulness
• caution
• awareness
• attention
• alertness
• attentiveness
• cautiousness
• vigilance
• watchfulness
• responsibility
• circumspection
• observance
• heedfulness
• responsibleness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of carelessness

Now his carelessness had tainted her memory of this auspicious day. — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Is there a difference in honest mistakes and patterns of carelessness? — Joe Perkins, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Her behavior shows a carelessness about money, the kind of real money that could send a person to college. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026

But that drop in intensity quickly veered into carelessness, with the defence failing to assert its composure amid loose passes and hapless communication mix-ups. — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Conflicts and tragedies are almost always the result of carelessness or accidents that spiral totally out of control. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

But even for an opener, Nix’s sloppiness was un-Bo-lievable, his carelessness with the ball alarming, given the stage. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026

Either this is an issue of carelessness or a lack of communication between you and the cleaning service. — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Once, administrators confronted him about the carelessness of his grading. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026