Dictionary Definition
carelessness
Noun
1 the quality of not being careful or taking
pains [ant: carefulness]
2 failure to act with the prudence that a
reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances [syn:
negligence, neglect, nonperformance]
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
- lacking care
- This accident was caused by carelessness.
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Translations
- Czech: nedbalost
- Dutch: onvoorzichtigheid, onoplettendheid
- German: Unvorsichtigkeit , Leichtsinn
- Italian: negligenza
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Extensive Definition
Carelessness is lack of concern about the
consequences of an action, and by extension, the behavior that
results from that lack of concern.
Carelessness has been hypothesized to be one
possible cause of accident-proneness.
See also
- Impulsivity
- Negligence -- as applies to law
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abandon, absentmindedness,
accidia, acedia, aloofness, apathy, ataraxia, ataraxy, blowziness, blunderheadedness,
blundering, boggling, boredom, botchery, botching, bungling, caprice, careless abandon,
casualness, chintziness, cursoriness, desperateness, detachment,
devil-may-careness, disinterest, disinterestedness,
dispassion, disregard, disregardfulness,
distraction,
dowdiness, easiness, easygoingness, flightiness, flippancy, forgetfulness, frivolousness, frowziness, frumpishness, fumbling, furiousness, giddiness, grubbiness, haste, hastiness, heedlessness, hotheadedness, hurriedness, impassiveness, impassivity, impetuosity, impetuousness, impotence, imprecision, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness,
inconsiderateness,
inconsideration,
incuriosity,
incuriousness,
indifference,
indifferentism,
indifferentness,
indiscrimination,
inexcitability,
inobservance,
insouciance,
intellectual inertia, lack of affect, lack of foresight, lack of
interest, lackadaisicalness,
laxity, laxness, laziness, leniency, levity, lightmindedness,
listlessness,
looseness, loosening, messiness, mindlessness, muffing, negligence, nonchalance, nonobservance, oblivion, obliviousness, offhandedness, overeagerness, overenthusiasm, overindulgence, overpermissiveness,
overzealousness,
perfunctoriness,
permissiveness,
pococurantism,
precipitance,
precipitancy,
precipitateness,
precipitation,
precipitousness,
recklessness,
regardlessness,
relaxation, relaxedness, remissness, seediness, shabbiness, shallowness, shoddiness, slackness, slatternliness, slipshodness, sloppiness, sloth, slovenliness, slovenry, sluttishness, softness, sordidness, sprezzatura, squalidness, squalor, stolidity, superficiality, tackiness, tactlessness, tawdriness, thoughtlessness, too
many cooks, unalertness, unanxiousness, unawareness, unconcern, unconsciousness,
unheedfulness,
uninquisitiveness,
unintentiveness,
uninterestedness,
unmindfulness,
unneatness, unobservance, unpreparedness, unreadiness, unrestraint, unsolicitousness,
unsolicitude,
unthinkingness,
unthoughtfulness,
untidiness, unwariness, unwatchfulness, wantonness, weakness, wildness, withdrawal