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careless(dictionary)

careless (iou)



careless adjective. OE.
[from CARE noun + -LESS.]
Free from care, apprehension, or anxiety. Now arch. or poet. OE.
Unconcerned, taking no heed of; light-hearted. OE.
Inattentive, negligent (of), thoughtless; inaccurate. L16.
Done, caused, or said heedlessly, thoughtlessly, effortlessly, or negligently; artless, unstudied. Formerly also, uncared-for, untended. L16.
Shakespeare Macbeth To throw away the dearest thing he ow'd As 'twere a careless trifle. J. Osborne She still looks quite smart, but in an unpremeditated, careless way. J. le Carre Careless lines of mortar hastily put on.
carelessly adverb M16.
carelessness noun OE.