careless
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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
She's "cut to the bone" by the careless words of a lover.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Unerringly, they blame a sloppy and careless press or an ignorant public for failing to understand.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Ditto a reversal by NASA, whose then-leader enjoyed burbling in public about aliens but was soon assembling an expert panel to debunk such careless if crowd-pleasing talk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
In his final, careless act as a double agent, Ames had left incriminating notes to and from the KGB in his trash can.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Vocabulary lists containing careless
Power Suffix: -less
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -less
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