adjective
- Marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful.
- usage: "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"
- Effortless and unstudied.
- usage: "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace"
- Usually followed by `of'. ( without due thought or consideration)
- usage: "careless of the consequences"; "crushing the blooms with regardless tread"
- synonyms: regardless
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