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
The minister revealed that nine out of 10 fires "are human-caused and most arise from carelessness: a cigarette butt, a barbecue, work carried out without precaution".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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
Finn Taylor has retreated from most of the world; his size comes from negligence and laziness, a carelessness that would be pathological if it had any meticulousness to it.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
