carelessness

CEFRB2

/ˈkɛɹləsnəs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A lack of attention that causes mistakes or harm.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless.

Examples

  • He was beginning to get very annoyed with me about my carelessness.

  • The failure is due to his carelessness.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • The possibility that the explosion was caused by carelessness cannot be ruled out.

  • This accident was caused by carelessness.

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Antonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The fire started due to the blank of a camper who did not fully extinguish the campfire.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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