(a.) Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.
(a.) Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless.
(a.) Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression.
(a.) Not receiving care; uncared for.
Example Sentences:
(1) Careless Herbicidal aerial spray of a field for weed control and defoliation of cotton before machine picking, resulted in the contamination of an adjoining reservoir, killing large volume of fish.
(2) Failure to check, lack of vigilance and inattention or carelessness were the most frequently associated factors with the rest of the reports.
(3) If at times Van Gaal’s players let themselves down with careless concessions of possession, Carver knew his side had been reprieved when, back to goal, Wayne Rooney controlled the ball on his chest, swivelled and dinked a shot wide.
(4) "In this era where we see growing open-mindedness, his actions are muddle-headed and careless," said the letter, which was briefly posted to the internet before it was taken down by censors .
(5) Vardy has plenty of other qualities, however, and he played a key role in Leicester’s equaliser early in the second half, racing clear on the right after Wanyama’s careless header and crossing for Musa, who forced the ball past Hugo Lloris at the far post.
(6) His carelessness had returned the ball to City's opponents inside his own half twice in the opening quarter of an hour.
(7) Concerning the 16 year-old girl the authors think that medical malpractice and carelessness of the parents were involved.
(8) By random assignment, the nurses read one of four versions of the rape which varied in terms of whether or not the victim locked her car door (carelessness manipulation) and time of attack (5:00 p.m. or midnight).
(9) Like many public figures on the left, he has been far too careless with his favours.
(10) He claims the network’s carelessness and conduct with its Cairo-based staff resulted in harassment of al-Jazeera staff, raids on the office and eventually the detention and imprisonment of several staffers.
(11) As it is, the team were careless with a comfortable lead in Jamaica (but got away with it ), formidable in their movement against an outclassed Panama , and struggled to get going in the heat and altitude of their game against Honduras .
(12) People usually don't make silly, careless mistakes when they're motivated and working in a positive environment.
(13) Seventy seven percent of the exposures were seen during routine care, 28.5% were perceived as due to personal carelessness, 19.9% due to patient agitation, 33.5% as inherent to the procedure and 8.9% to abandonment of material.
(14) Most burns occurred in teenage boys (6) and all but 1 were the result of carelessness on the part of the burn victim.
(15) Blatant carelessness, misuse or improper maintenance of equipment, and intoxication are analyzed as contributory factors.
(16) What has happened, of course, is something entirely different – and the callously careless attitude of western governments to this has given the impression of western complicity to many (who are already steeped in a culture of conspiracy theories) in Iraq and the Middle East.
(17) As a German European, I am disappointed by the mixture of incapability and carelessness back home.
(18) The government’s response has been shamefully poor, marked by carelessness for the lives of ordinary people, and only really concerned with damage control and trying to ensure this does not affect the flow of investment,” said Edgardo Buscaglia, a leading expert in international organised crime and political corruption around the world.
(19) Wenger talked about his side committing "easy mistakes" and he might easily have been referring to Özil's carelessness before the goal that made it 3-1, playing a senseless pass to Mathieu Flamini, then watching Fernandinho steal in to bend a wonderful shot beyond Wojciech Szczesny.
(20) "From being driven, careless, impulsive, the new breed of shopper is a very careful spender.
Slapdash
Definition:
(adv.) In a bold, careless manner; at random.
(adv.) With a slap; all at once; slap.
(v. t.) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall, or to slapdash a wall.
Example Sentences:
(1) This was, as the German said, “spectacular, wild football” featuring marvellous attacking and slapdash defending.
(2) After more slapdash Liverpool defending and with Martin Skrtel backing off, Adam strode through to drive low into the corner before Steve N’Zonzi bent a magnificent shot past Mignolet from outside the area.
(3) Joanne McCartney, Labour London Assembly member and police and crime spokesperson, said: "To rush this through is typical of Boris's slapdash approach to issues of crucial importance to Londoners.
(4) Judging by the slapdash nature of the marking at that set piece, Hughton’s side were missing the customarily commanding presence of the suspended Lewis Dunk at the heart of their defence.
(5) "The FA appears to have done no thorough research on their employees, it looks slapdash and unprofessional.
(6) With Cheik Tioté and Moussa Sissoko back to their best Newcastle United not only hinted at what might have been had Rafael Benítez’s appointment come a little sooner but also highlighted Manchester City’s slapdash tendencies.
(7) It's only on until 24 August, so I'm afraid this column will be even more slapdash than usual because I have a plane to Spain to catch.
(8) It was a good goal but its origins were rooted in slapdash defending on a day when, unusually, Daryl Janmaat struggled.
(9) It was an excellent finish but marking rarely comes more slapdash.
(10) This year we have the UK debut of Julian McCullough, a disheveled New Jerseyan whose stand-up majors on his own personal failings and slapdash approach to life.
(11) It was elegance with a serrated edge, as the Spurs recovered from a slapdash start to win 104-87 in a clinical, yet feverish, display that underlined their superiority and dethroned the reigning NBA champions, denying Miami their third title in three years.
(12) José Mourinho has claimed Ramires's ugly foul and red card in Saturday's Premier League defeat at Aston Villa was largely borne of frustration at the referee Chris Foy's slapdash performance.
(13) They cannot possibly be any more slapdash than last year’s, when the players made their own packed lunches in northern Italy and won one game 16-0 against opponents more accustomed to waiting on tables.
(14) This time Dimitri Payet’s slapdash pass sold James Tomkins horribly short an Lens nipped in to assume possession.
(15) But it is not the stories themselves that shock me – in any profession you will find cases of incompetence – but the slapdash and cosy way the authorities dealt with the doctors at fault.
(16) Most jobs don't ask for any particular skill beyond showing up, and much expertise is viewed with suspicion in a silly, slapdash world where the term "gatekeeper" is waved about like the lowest possible term of abuse.
(17) Certain players wearing black and white had temporarily come over a little slapdash but one was exempt from criticism.
(18) Labour pounced on it, a "welovethenhs" hashtag went viral on Twitter and Cameron was forced to dismiss his pushy young colleague's slapdash views – most of the 1.4 million NHS staff are administrators, claimed Hannan – as "eccentric".
(19) Nonetheless, his longer novels have sometimes suffered from the slapdash impatience that runs rife through China's marketised literary economy, often affecting professionalism in both writing and editing.
(20) At worst, it's a contender for gaming raspberry of the year – a slapdash effort that frankly feels unfinished, with mechanics lazily copied from far-superior games.