carelessness
Example Sentences
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Negligent parties should be held responsible when carelessness causes harm, and governments have legitimate roles in protecting critical infrastructure and national security.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 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
It is with such acts of carelessness that leaders lose their credibility and empires lose their power.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026
Such cases get attention and send a message that carelessness with firearms is serious business.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Now I’ve endangered Gale and his family and my family and Peeta, too, by my carelessness.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
