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Careless

adjective

Marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful. "Forgotten by some careless person" , "A careless housekeeper" , "Careless proofreading" , "It was a careless mistake" , "Hurt by a careless remark" Antonym: careful.

Effortless and unstudied. "Danced with careless grace"

(usually followed by 'of') without due thought or consideration. Synonym: regardless. "Crushing the blooms with regardless tread"

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"Careless" Quotes from Famous Books

... in Dalecarlia, has been worked from times immemorial. In consequence of the careless way in which the excavations were propped up, in the year 1678 the surface of the ground fell in, forming a vast pit of above 180 feet in depth, 1200 feet long, and 600 feet broad, with precipitous and sometimes overhanging walls, so that the spectator ...

— The Mines and its Wonders • W.H.G. Kingston

... Humble Scream Agree Conspicuous Indifferent Shrewd Anger Cringe Misfortune Shudder Attempt Difficult Obey Skill Big Disconnect Object (noun) Soft Brute Erratic Object (verb) Splash Business Flash Obligation Success Careless Fragrant Occupied Sweet Climb Gain Oppose Trick Collect Generous Persist Wash Commanding Grim ...

— The Century Vocabulary Builder • Creever & Bachelor

... his habit, where it had rested upon the hilt of a dagger, for he knew that he had no need of any weapon. His gait was quick and careless; he stopped often to peer into some windowless shop where a sickly lamp burned before the picture of a saint; and wares, which had not tempted a dead generation, appealed unavailingly to a living one. The idea that his very merriment might cost him his life never ...

— Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 • Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds

... Although he had nothing particular for which to blame himself, yet the affair had increased his pride, while it lowered his self-respect; and he had an indistinct consciousness that the popularity in his form would do him as much harm as the change of feeling in his master. He grew careless and dispirited, nor was it till in the very heat of the final competition that he felt his ...

— Eric, or Little by Little • Frederic W. Farrar

... her nature felt the necessity for draining her of her self-pitifulness, knowing that it nourished the love whereby she was tormented. They do not weep thus who have a heart for the struggle. In the morning she was a dried channel of tears, no longer self-pitiful; careless of herself, as she thought: in other words, unable any ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

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