Careless
['keələs] or ['kɛrləs]
Definition
(adj.) effortless and unstudied; 'an impression of careless elegance'; 'danced with careless grace' .
(adj.) marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; 'careless about her clothes'; 'forgotten by some careless person'; 'a careless housekeeper'; 'careless proofreading'; 'it was a careless mistake'; 'hurt by a careless remark' .
(adj.) (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration; 'careless of the consequences'; 'crushing the blooms with regardless tread' .
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Definition
(a.) Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.
(a.) Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless.
(a.) Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression.
(a.) Not receiving care; uncared for.
Typist: Shelley
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Unconcerned, undisturbed, untroubled, free from care.[2]. Heedless, thoughtless, inattentive, unmindful, incautious, unthinking, forgetful, remiss, listless, regardless, neglectful, negligent.[3]. Unconsidered, inconsiderate.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
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Examples
- I suppose the servants are careless, and we have had a great many people coming. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Raymond, while he knew that his plans and prospects were to be discussed and decided during the expected debate, was gay and careless. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You don't get on with your account of your matrimonial intentions, answered Carton, with a careless air; I wish you would keep to that. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But (with a smile) if Colonel Campbell should have employed a careless friend, and if it should prove to have an indifferent tonewhat shall I say? Jane Austen. Emma.
- That's true, said Estella, with a cold careless smile that always chilled me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- They were very gay and careless. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Perdita, wedded to an imagination, careless of what is behind the veil, whose charactery is in truth faulty and vile, Perdita has renounced me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Here she has been--careless, attractive thing! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And immediately the queer, careless, terribly attractive smile came over his eyes and brows, though his mouth did not relax. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He hated to think of May Welland's being exposed to the influence of a young woman so careless of the dictates of Taste. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I could not see my father weep, and sit by, careless. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Its hoary traditions make it an object of absorbing interest to even the most careless stranger, and thus far it had interest for me; but no further. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Let not him who chooses first be careless, and let not the last despair. Plato. The Republic.
- It was not in my careless habits (I am sorry to say) to put it there, neither did I remember putting it there. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He may be careless and proud; but when was he ever mean or slavish? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In so valuable a produce, the loss occasioned by negligence is so great, as to force even the most careless to attention. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Birkin was careless and unimaginative about his own appearance. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- So insolent, so trivial, so capricious, so mercenary, so careless, so hard to touch, so hard to turn! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Likewise that his extremely careless life has made him a very bad subject for it indeed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- His eyes were large and blue, with brown lashes; his high forehead, colourless as ivory, was partially streaked over by careless locks of fair hair. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- MY DEAR SIR HARRY,--I have ten thousand apologies to make to you, for being the most careless creature on earth! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She is my aunt, say you, in an easy careless way, when your friend asks if Miss MacWhirter is any relative. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Don't seem to do so, if you please, and don't think it inconsistent if my manner should be more careless than my words. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The live-long day we sauntered on, still keeping in view the end of our journey, but careless of the hour of its completion. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And her face, too, is visible--her countenance careless and pensive, and musing and mirthful, and mocking and tender. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But the ruling class do not want remedies; they care only for money, and are as careless of virtue as the poorest of the citizens. Plato. The Republic.
- How culpably careless in her to leave her desk open, where I know she has money! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He will grow more and more indolent and careless? Plato. The Republic.
- He was a great favorite in his own circle, and whatever he implied to any one's disadvantage told doubly from his careless ironical tone. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Oh yes, said Lydgate, in a careless tone, changing his attitude and looking at his watch. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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