careful vs careless
Definitions
adjective
- mindful of the future in spending money
- exercising caution or showing care or attention
- unhurried and with care and dignity
- full of cares or anxiety
- 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.
Definitions
adjective
- (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration
- effortless and unstudied
- 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.
