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careless BrE / ˈkeələs /  NAmE / ˈkerləs / Native audio playback is not supported. careless(adjective)BrE / ˈkeələs /  NAmE / ˈkerləs / not giving enough attention and thought to what you are doing, so that you make mistakesopposite carefulhttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/carefulIt was careless of me to leave the door open.Don’t be so careless about/with spelling.a careless worker/driverresulting from a lack of attention and thoughta careless mistake/errornot at all worried about somethingHe seemed careless of his own safety.not showing interest or effortsynonym casualhttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/casual_1She gave a careless shrug.a careless laugh/smileExtra ExamplesHe’s very careless with money.She had begun to grow careless.She’s careless about her spelling.Try not to be so careless in the future.When performing his stunts he was careless of his own safety.a rather careless mistakeDon’t be so careless about spelling.You’ve made rather a lot of careless mistakes in your work.Word OriginOld English carlēas ‘free from care’ (see care, -less).

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(adjective) it was careless of me to leave the door open.don’t be so careless about/with spelling.a careless worker/drivera careless mistake/error Search images by the wordhttps://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=careless This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Word	careless
WordType	(adjective)
Phonetic	BrE / ˈkeələs / NAmE / ˈkerləs /
Example	it was careless of me to leave the door open. don’t be so careless about/with spelling. a careless worker/driver a careless mistake/error
Sound	Native audio playback is not supported.
Image	Search images by the word https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=careless
Content	careless (adjective)BrE / ˈkeələs / NAmE / ˈkerləs / not giving enough attention and thought to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes opposite careful https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/careful It was careless of me to leave the door open. Don’t be so careless about/with spelling. a careless worker/driver resulting from a lack of attention and thought a careless mistake/error not at all worried about something He seemed careless of his own safety. not showing interest or effort synonym casual https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/casual_1 She gave a careless shrug. a careless laugh/smile Extra Examples He’s very careless with money. She had begun to grow careless. She’s careless about her spelling. Try not to be so careless in the future. When performing his stunts he was careless of his own safety. a rather careless mistake Don’t be so careless about spelling. You’ve made rather a lot of careless mistakes in your work. Word Origin Old English carlēas ‘free from care’ (see care, -less).
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Careless Spelling Don’t Adjective Bre ˈkeələs ˈkerləs Leave

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