'Careless' definitions:
Definition of 'careless'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [ant: careful]
adjective
Effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace"
adjective
(usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration; "careless of the consequences"; "crushing the blooms with regardless tread" [syn: careless(p), regardless]
Definition of 'Careless'
From: GCIDE
- Careless \Care"less\, a. [AS. cearle['a]s.]
- 1. Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Sleep she as sound as careless infancy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless. [1913 Webster]
- My brother was too careless of his charge. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He grew careless of himself. --Steele. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression. [1913 Webster]
- He framed the careless rhyme. --Beattie. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Not receiving care; uncared for. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Their many wounds and careless harms. --Spenser.
- Syn: Negligent; heedless; thoughtless; unthinking; inattentive; incautious; remiss; supine; forgetful; regardless; inconsiderate; listless. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'careless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absent-minded,
- accident-prone,
- airy,
- all thumbs,
- aloof,
- apathetic,
- arbitrary,
- artless,
- ataractic,
- awkward,
- barbarous,
- beat-up,
- bedraggled,
- behindhand,
- blase,
- blowzy,
- blunderheaded,
- blundering,
- boorish,
- bored,
- breakneck,
- bumbling,
- bungling,
- butterfingered,
- capricious,
- carefree,
- casual,
- chintzy,
- clownish,
- clumsy,
- clumsy-fisted,
- cumbersome,
- cursory,
- degage,
- delinquent,
- derelict,
- desperate,
- detached,
- devil-may-care,
- dilapidated,
- disheveled,
- disinterested,
- dispassionate,
- disregardant,
- disregardful,
- distant,
- distracted,
- distrait,
- drabbletailed,
- draggled,
- draggletailed,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- erroneous,
- faulty,
- feckless,
- fingers all thumbs,
- flippant,
- forgetful,
- free and easy,
- frowzy,
- frumpish,
- frumpy,
- fumbling,
- furious,
- gauche,
- gawkish,
- gawky,
- graceless,
- grubby,
- ham-fisted,
- ham-handed,
- harum-scarum,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- heavy-handed,
- heedless,
- hotheaded,
- hulking,
- hulky,
- hurried,
- impassive,
- impetuous,
- impotent,
- imprecise,
- improper,
- imprudent,
- in rags,
- inaccurate,
- inadequate,
- inadvertent,
- inattentive,
- incapable,
- incautious,
- inconsiderate,
- incorrect,
- incurious,
- indifferent,
- inelegant,
- inexact,
- inexcitable,
- infelicitous,
- informal,
- ingenuous,
- inobservant,
- insouciant,
- irresponsible,
- lackadaisical,
- lax,
- lazy,
- left-hand,
- left-handed,
- lenient,
- listless,
- loose,
- loutish,
- lubberly,
- lumbering,
- lumpen,
- lumpish,
- mad,
- maladroit,
- messy,
- mindless,
- mussy,
- neglectful,
- negligent,
- nonchalant,
- oafish,
- oblivious,
- offhand,
- overeager,
- overenthusiastic,
- overindulgent,
- overpermissive,
- overzealous,
- perfunctory,
- permissive,
- phlegmatic,
- pococurante,
- poky,
- ponderous,
- precipitant,
- precipitate,
- precipitous,
- ragged,
- raggedy,
- rash,
- raunchy,
- reasonless,
- reckless,
- regardless,
- relaxed,
- remiss,
- respectless,
- ruinous,
- scraggly,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- shoddy,
- slack,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- slatternly,
- slipshod,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- sluttish,
- soft,
- solecistic,
- sordid,
- squalid,
- stiff,
- stolid,
- tacky,
- tactless,
- tattered,
- thoughtless,
- turned-off,
- unanxious,
- uncalculating,
- uncaring,
- unconcerned,
- uncouth,
- undiplomatic,
- undiscriminating,
- unfastidious,
- unfit,
- ungainly,
- ungraceful,
- ungrammatic,
- unguarded,
- unhandy,
- unheedful,
- unheeding,
- uninquiring,
- uninterested,
- uninvolved,
- unkempt,
- unmarking,
- unmindful,
- unneat,
- unnoticing,
- unnoting,
- unobservant,
- unobserving,
- unprepared,
- unqualified,
- unready,
- unreasoning,
- unreflecting,
- unreflective,
- unremarking,
- unrestrained,
- unsightly,
- unsolicitous,
- unstudied,
- untactful,
- unthinking,
- unthorough,
- unthoughtful,
- untidy,
- untroubled,
- unwary,
- unwieldy,
- unworried,
- wanton,
- weak,
- wild,
- withdrawn,
- wrecking,
- wrong