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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, indifferent |
| Synonyms: | asleep at switch, behindhand, cursory, delinquent, derelict, discinct, disregardful, forgetful, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious, lax, neglectful, nonchalant, offhand, regardless, remiss, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy*, slovenly, thoughtless, unconcerned, unheedful, unmindful, unthinking |
| Notes: | neglectful means not showing due care or attention, heedless; negligent means marked by insufficient care or attention; negligible means so small as to be meaningless or insignificant |
| Antonyms: | attentive, careful, caring, mindful, successful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pariah |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social outcast |
| Synonyms: | bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, hobo*, leper, outsider, persona non grata, rascal, refugee, tramp, undesirable, vagabond, vagrant, waif |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ramshackle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | falling apart; in poor condition |
| Synonyms: | broken-down, crumbling, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, flimsy, jerry-built, rickety, shabby, shaky, tottering, tumble-down, unfirm, unsafe, unsteady |
| Antonyms: | good, nice, repaired, stable |
| Main Entry: | refugee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person running from something, often oppression |
| Synonyms: | DP, alien, boat person, castaway, defector, derelict, deserter, displaced person, emigrant, escapee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, expellee, foreigner, foundling, fugitive, homeless person, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, prodigal, renegade, runaway, stateless person, émigré |
| Main Entry: | regardless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indifferent, unconcerned |
| Synonyms: | behindhand, blind, careless, coarse, crude, deaf, delinquent, derelict, disregarding, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, insensitive, lax, listless, mindless, neglectful, negligent, nonobservant, rash, reckless, remiss, rude, slack, unfeeling, unheeding, uninterested, unmindful |
| Notes: | regardless is already a negative 'without regard to; despite' - and irregardless is a redundant negative |
| Antonyms: | attentive, concerned, heedful |
| Main Entry: | remiss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, thoughtless |
| Synonyms: | any old way, any which way, asleep at switch, asleep on job, behindhand, culpable, daydreaming, defaultant, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, disregardful, fainéant, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, neglectful, negligent, regardless, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, tardy, uninterested, unmindful, woolgathering |
| Antonyms: | careful, mindful, scrupulous, thorough, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | rickety |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsound, broken-down |
| Synonyms: | broken, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, imperfect, infirm, insecure, jerry-built, precarious, rachitic, ramshackle, rattletrap, rocky, shaky, tottering, tottery, tumble-down, unsteady, wavering, weak, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | sound, stable |
| Main Entry: | run-down |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shabby, in bad shape |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, beat-up, below par, broken-down, crumbling, debilitated, decrepit, derelict, deserted, desolate, dilapidated, dingy, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel, drained, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, forsaken, frowzy, in a bad way, neglected, old, out of condition, peaked, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, seedy, tacky, tattered, tired, tumble-down, uncared-for, under the weather, unhealthy, untended, used up, weak, weary, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | fresh, good, healthy, ok |
| Main Entry: | slack |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy, negligent |
| Synonyms: | asleep on the job, behindhand, careless, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, disregardful, dormant, dull, easy-going, faineant, idle, inactive, inattentive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lax, lethargic, neglectful, not busy, permissive, quiescent, quiet, regardless, remiss, slothful, slow, slow-moving, sluggish, stagnant, tardy |
| Antonyms: | active, alert, disciplined |
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