as in careless
failing to give proper care and attention
rebuked by the judge for being disregardful of their responsibilities as parents of two young children
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Adjective
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Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025 -
Young Christoph wrote in the knowledge that Bonhoeffer’s correspondence was being monitored and that a careless word could have fatal consequences.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In June 2024, a U.S. Senate Finance Committee released a report that exposed the abusive and neglectful practices of youth residential treatment facilities like the fictional Tall Pines Academy.—
Erin McMullen,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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This film would have brought the Harlem Renaissance and its luminaries to far greater prominence, during an era that was often neglectful of that movement’s heroes—and of new Black artists, too, as Greaves himself experienced.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Endorsing lazy rightwing talking points about Biden and border security, and nations not existing without borders?—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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On an underneath throw to Zach Ertz from Commanders backup quarterback Marcus Mariota, Bland cut off the lazy throw and returned it 68 yards for his sixth career interception return for a touchdown.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Disregardful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disregardful. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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