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careless

[kair-lis] / ˈkɛər lɪs /




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Beneficiary-designation mistakes are among the most common and costly errors in estate planning, and they happen to careful planners just as often as careless ones.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

Tiger Woods pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges of careless and reckless driving stemming from a rollover car crash in Florida in March and had his driver's license suspended for five years.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

Unerringly, they blame a sloppy and careless press or an ignorant public for failing to understand.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2026

That’s a rage-inducing reality for many, if not most of us, for whom pairing a full tank of gas with a restaurant dinner seems like careless luxury these days.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

This was said with a careless, abstracted indifference, which showed that my solicitude was, at least in his opinion, wholly superfluous.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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