careless
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careless
adj., adv. 1) negligent. 2) the opposite of careful. A careless act can result in liability for damages to others. (See: negligent, negligence, care)
careless
adjective casual, cursory, disregardful, hasty, heedless, hurried, impetuous, improvident, imprudent, impulsive, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, indifferent, indiscreet, injudicious, irresponsible, lackadaisical, lax, loose, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, oblivious, overhasty, pococurante, precipitant, precipitate, rash, reckless, regardless, remiss, slack, slipshod, sloppy, temerarious, thoughtless, unapprehensive, uncircumspect, unconcerned, unguarded, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, unwary, wastefulAssociated concepts: careless and imprudent manner, careeess and negligent manner, grossly careless, negligence, recklessly careless, standard of care, wantonly careless
See also: blind, cursory, derelict, disorderly, heedless, ill-judged, impolitic, improvident, imprudent, impulsive, inaccurate, inadvertent, inexact, lax, negligent, oblivious, perfunctory, prodigal, reckless, remiss, slipshod, superficial, thoughtless, undependable, unpolitic, wanton