careless

1. Marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness;
   Not careful (synset 300312461)
   "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"
   also:

   • inattentive - showing a lack of attention or care
   • incautious - lacking in caution
   • unconcerned - lacking in interest or care or feeling
   • negligent - characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern
   • superficial - concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually
   • imprudent - not prudent or wise
   tells us about: carefulness - the quality of being careful and painstaking
   similar to:

   • casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory, superficial - hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
   • haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy - marked by great carelessness
   • heedless, reckless - characterized by careless unconcern
   • incautious - carelessly failing to exercise proper caution
   • offhand, offhanded - casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
2. Effortless and unstudied (synset 300151323)
   "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace"
   similar to: artless - simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
3. (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration (synset 301197642)
   "careless of the consequences"; "crushing the blooms with regardless tread"
   similar to: heedless, unheeding - marked by or paying little heed or attention
   same as: regardless

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