careless

Adjective

• Not paying enough attention; negligent or thoughtless.
• marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
  • "careless about her clothes"
  • "forgotten by some careless person"
  • "a careless housekeeper"
  • "careless proofreading"
  • "it was a careless mistake"
  • "hurt by a careless remark"

Adjective Satellite

• effortless and unstudied
  • "an impression of careless elegance"
  • "danced with careless grace"
• (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration
  • "careless of the consequences"

Adj

• Not concerned or worried (about).
• Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes.
• Free from care; unworried, without anxiety.

Examples

• A CARELESS mistake of missing a double letter score cost him the game.
• Jessica was careless about putting her shorts on properly.
• Jessica was so careless that she put her shorts on backwards.

Synonyms

regardless, airy, at ease, carefree, careless, casual, chill, cool, cursory, derelict, devil-may-care, easy-breezy, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, heedless, indifferent, insouciant, irregardless, irrespective, laid-back, leisurely, lighthearted, loose, mellow, negligent, nonchalant, pococurante, reckless, relaxed, serene, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, solute, unanxious, unbothered, unconcerned, unfaithful, unworried, wanton

Antonyms

careful, meticulous

Anagrams of careless