When you're careless about something, you're not giving it much attention or consideration. If you're careless about mowing the lawn, you might mow over your mother's prized daffodils without even noticing.
Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.
Adjective S.
effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace"
Adjective
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 careles
Adjective S.
showing an unthinking lack of consideration; "a careless remark"
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.
Careless
Sleep she as sound as careless infancy.2.
My brother was too careless of his charge.
He grew careless of himself.3.
He framed the careless rhyme.4.
Their many wounds and careless hatms.
Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.
Usage Examples
Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
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Other Usage ExamplesSad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children but just because the happy days were so habitual to me they made no impression upon my mind, and I can no longer recall them.
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.