carelessness
Example Sentences
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To have one air traffic control failure in a fortnight may be regarded as a misfortune, to have two looks like carelessness.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
None of this means an undesirable outcome with AI is necessarily the result of human carelessness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Never attribute to malice what you can attribute to carelessness or incompetence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
It is with such acts of carelessness that leaders lose their credibility and empires lose their power.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026
“You know,” Ma begins, “it’s this same carelessness that gets you zeros on your assignments. Even if you turn them in late, you can still get at least half credit.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
