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careful vs careless

careful

Definitions

adjective

  1. mindful of the future in spending money
  2. exercising caution or showing care or attention
  3. unhurried and with care and dignity
  4. full of cares or anxiety
  5. cautiously attentive

Examples

But he has to be a little more careful about how he reacts.

Parents have to be a lot more careful about what their children are allowed to watch on the TV.

Carefully, she moved a hand forward and eased back the white sheets.

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careless

Definitions

adjective

  1. (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration
  2. effortless and unstudied
  3. marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful

Examples

Lateness and carelessness are subjects for complaint.

Despite being very comfortable by Zambian standards, he is a man who does not spend his money carelessly and he is on a salary just like his wife and his workers.

‘Rock gardens should look untended and exude a careless beauty’, he says.

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