carelessness

English

Etymology

From Middle English *carelesnes, *carlesnesse, from Old English carlēasnes (“freedom from care, security, carelessness”), equivalent to careless +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

carelessness (countable and uncountable; plural carelessnesses)

1. Lack of care.

   This accident was caused by carelessness.

Synonyms

• inattention
• negligence

Antonyms

• carefulness

Translations

lack of care

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粗心 (cmn) (cūxīn), 大意 (cmn) (dàyì), 草率 (cmn) (cǎoshuài)

• Czech: lehkomyslnost (cs), nedbalost (cs) f
• Dutch: onvoorzichtigheid (nl), onoplettendheid (nl), achteloosheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: malzorgeco (eo), senzorgeco (eo)
• French: négligence (fr)
• German: Unvorsichtigkeit f, Leichtsinn m

• Irish: leibideacht (ga) f
• Italian: negligenza (it) f
• Polish: lekkomyślność (pl)
• Russian: беззаботность (ru) (bezzabótnostʹ), легкомысленность (ru) (lexkomýslennostʹ), легкомыслие (ru) (lexkomýslije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅmār (sh) m, nèbriga (sh) f
• Swedish: vårdslöshet (sv) c, oaktsamhet (sv) c

Related terms

• careless