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Webster 1913 Edition

Carelessness

Care′less-ness

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Noun.

The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligence; inattention.

Webster 1828 Edition

Carelessness

CARELESSNESS

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Noun.

Heedlessness; inattention; negligence; manner without care.

Definition 2024

carelessness

carelessness

English

Noun

carelessness ‎(countable and uncountable, plural carelessnesses)

Lack of care.
This accident was caused by carelessness.

Synonyms

Antonyms

carefulness

Translations

lack of care

Chinese:
Mandarin: 粗心 (zh) ‎(cūxīn), 大意 (zh) ‎(dàyì), 草率 (zh) ‎(cǎoshuài)
Czech: lehkomyslnost, nedbalost f
Dutch: onvoorzichtigheid (nl), onoplettendheid (nl), achteloosheid (nl) f
Esperanto: malzorgeco, senzorgeco
French: négligence (fr), incurie (fr) f
German: Unvorsichtigkeit f, Leichtsinn (de) m

Irish: leibideacht f
Italian: negligenza (it) f
Polish: lekkomyślność (pl)
Portuguese: descuido (pt) m, negligência (pt) f
Russian: беззабо́тность (ru) ‎(bezzabótnostʹ), легкомы́сленность (ru) ‎(lexkomýslennostʹ), легкомы́слие (ru) n ‎(lexkomýslije)
Serbo-Croatian: nȅmār (sh) m, nèbriga (sh) f
Spanish: descuido (es) m, imprudencia (es) f, negligencia (es) f
Swedish: vårdslöshet (sv) c, oaktsamhet (sv) c

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