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 (zh) (cūxīn), 大意 (zh) (dàyì), 草率 (zh) (cǎoshuài) Croatian: nȅmār (hr) m., nèbriga (hr) f. 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. Italian: negligenza (it) f. Polish: lekkomyślność (pl) Swedish: vårdslöshet (sv) c., oaktsamhet (sv) c.

Related terms

• careless