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careless
adjective as in without sufficient attention
Strongest matches
casual, forgetful, hasty, inaccurate, indifferent, indiscreet, irresponsible, lackadaisical, lax, negligent, nonchalant, reckless, sloppy, thoughtless, wasteful
Weak matches
absent-minded, abstracted, cursory, disregardful, heedless, improvident, imprudent, inadvertent, incautious, inconsiderate, indolent, injudicious, loose, mindless, napping, oblivious, offhand, perfunctory, pococurante, regardless, remiss, slipshod, uncircumspect, unconcerned, unguarded, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unreflective, unthinking
Example Sentences
Following the crash on the road – which connects the capital Kampala in the south to the northern city of Gulu – police urged motorists avoid "dangerous and careless overtaking".
But for a film about exploiting systems for their power at a great cost, it’s baffling that “The Perfect Neighbor” lodges its most violent, woeful images to a similarly careless extent.
Jarosz had admitted causing death by careless driving but denied causing death by dangerous driving.
“Having more allows you to have the habits to be careless.”
It was not "careless or accidental" but part of a strategy to "draw a dividing line between elites and the people", he added.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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