How To Use Careless In A Sentence

Lateness and carelessness are subjects for complaint.
It was more than that, of course, but she liked the careless sound of the alliteration. FLIGHT LESSONS
Not that he is preening: he is careless about his blond good looks, a scruffy hipster beard giving maturity to his rather angelic face. Times, Sunday Times
Mr Vermes, who was close to that research effort, finds good reason to criticise it for slowness and carelessness—but no ground to assert a conspiracy.
Engine immobilisers and sophisticated locks leave many careless owners carless.

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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.
And she, warm with what Dick had just told of him, pleasured at the goodly sight of him, dwelling with her eyes on the light, high poise of head, the careless, sun-sanded hair, and the lightness, almost debonaireness, of his carriage despite his weight of body and breadth of shoulders. CHAPTER XXIII
‘Rock gardens should look untended and exude a careless beauty’, he says.
Or else our future generations are certainly going to pay the price for our careless, negligent and easygoing approach to the whole issue.
He just moves on, as if we were unworthy of his attention, like the remoras which hitch a free ride on his flanks, and which he brushes off if they carelessly move within reach of his flippers.
The little silver bell tinkles at a wayside shrine, calling the labouring man to propitiate the idol for the carelessness and detected dishonesties of his day's labours, and goodly Hindus, men and women, stream down the busy thoroughfare, responsive to the call. Love and Life Behind the Purdah
He charged the fire to my carelessness.
His desperate opponent returns a weak shot or a lob, either of which he puts away with careless bravado.
These portable torches use pressurized tanks of propane and, if handled carelessly, can be hazardous.
If he hadn't they'd have done him for careless riding. The Sun
Carelessly, she dumped her lunch out, its contents spilling all across the floor.
Most of the nicks, scuffs and gouges that currently mar the work are a result of human carelessness, such as carts and chairs banging into the walls.
I am not to learne, that these accidents by thee related, may happen to fooles, who are voide of understanding or shame: but such as are wise, and endued with vertue, have alwayes such a precious esteeme of their honour, that they wil containe those principles of constancie, which men are meerely carelesse of, and I justifie my wife to be one of them. The Decameron
Instead, they appear to result from the mere garbling of details by careless writers.
As the machine lifted, it caught the sun above the forest margins, and burnished the fair hair falling carelessly over her forehead. A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
That made him careless about liberty and willing to use the authority of the state to create the sort of society he wanted to see.
Then as he looked at the young man's careless attitude and smiling face, he burst forth, admiringly: "Dey done tole me as how yo 'wor' That Printer of Udell's
She gave him a queer sidelong glance, and it seemed that her voice suddenly became too light, too careless.
Cognitive blanks are the sporadic result of careless reading, I knew.
careless and untidy in her personal habits
Such carelessness is unforgivable from a NATO hopeful. Georgia Takes a Beating in the Cyberwar With Russia - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
Two seemingly harmless and careless shoeblacks turn out to be gloomy crooks with a dirty plan to rob a bank courier.
They had the part about attracting attention right, but then too many rushed into the creative process carelessly.
Said Mr Wills: ‘Careless driving and joyriding has to be stopped.’
The affixes un- and -less are often used to make negative words, such as 'unhappy' and 'careless'.
A careless risk taker, on the other hand, needs to slow down and do more research before taking action. Christianity Today
We can get angry about it, complaining that the perfect language of our childhood is being corrupted by ignorance and carelessness, but we can't stop it happening.
Unlike the vast majority of academic thinkers, Zizek is not worried about being ‘careless.’
Police blame the incident on what they call careless zookeepers. CNN Transcript Apr 21, 2005
One result of careless scapegoating is that there is little or no time spent asking and answering the hard questions.
Before his facile perils and ready laugh, life was no longer an affair of serious effort and restraint, but a toy, to be played with and turned topsy-turvy, carelessly to be lived and pleasured in, and carelessly to be flung aside. Chapter 2
I expect we're way off the track," says I; "but I'd like to have you take a careless glance at the giddy old party over under the kummel sign in the corner; the one facin 'this way -- there. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe
People throw around this term carelessly to describe any video made for the web. NewTeeVee
I have been careless and not paid attention, talking too much and letting you get the advantage, you young rascal.
For a few minutes my whole being vibrates with a song so powerfully joyful I forget the years and stand as easy as a young man does at the start of the journey, careless of the distance to be covered or the load to be carried.
See now, rounding the headland, a forlorn hopeless bird, trembling black wings fingering the blowy air, dainty and ghostly, careless of the scattering salt.
The second fault I want to plead guilty to is carelessness in my statement of your view, and unimaginativeness in applying it.
In the oxygen making, any careless use will cause explosion of the air separation equipment, whose consequence is extremely serious, either suffering injury or personnel casualty.
Witnesses say the argument started after a careless remark about the victim's wife.
Perhaps you have observed careless practices or unlabeled containers, or maybe you have questioned an order or a clinical irregularity.
Meticulous on the one hand, but unbelievably sloppy and careless on the other.
I wish to protest against the careless use of the word whitewash which has crept into our latter-day demotic tongue. The Guardian World News
April is the day of a dance of flying swallow of careless long warbler.
The prosecution alleges she was driving carelessly.
One gate is padlocked - but chained so carelessly a man could squeeze through the gap with ease.
I have discovered that on these, the boundaries of hereditaments were often carelessly delineated and only outlined with coloured crayon.
A careless driver is a danger.
The teacher let that careless student off and didn't fail him.
The most careless and trivial movements were capable of transmitting the rudest and most insolent messages.
The decision of Government to send reinforcements to Ireland was mentioned as a prelude to the information from Vienna of the birth of a son to the Princess Nikolas: and then; having conjoined the two entirely heterogeneous pieces of intelligence, the composer adroitly interfused them by a careless transposition of the prelude and the burden that enabled him to play ad libitum on regrets and rejoicings; by which device the lord of Earlsfont might be offered condolences while the lady could express her strong contentment, inasmuch as he deplored the state of affairs in the sister island, and she was glad of a crisis concluding a term of suspense thus the foreign-born baby was denounced and welcomed, the circumstances lamented and the mother congratulated, in a breath, all under cover of the happiest misunderstanding, as effective as the cabalism of Prospero's wand among the Neapolitan mariners, by the skilful Irish development on a grand scale of the rhetorical figure anastrophe, or a turning about and about. Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
Fearless, lawless and sowing misery with a careless abandon, their reign seems uncontested. Times, Sunday Times
Until now, the police had to take careless drivers to court. Times, Sunday Times
The race went less well for Pat Eddery who was suspended for two days for careless riding on the unplaced Hilton Head and also picked up a #150 fine for not riding to his draw.
Your arrogance, cockiness and incompetence in the accusations you hurl so carelessly is shocking. Think Progress » 60 Minutes: CIA Official Reveals Bush, Cheney, Rice Were Personally Told Iraq Had No WMD in Fall 2002
With a careless flip of his wrists, he sent the ball quickly on its way.
As can be seen from the failure to pinpoint him this time round, the lapse in security was a careless and costly blunder.
The room was crammed with suitcases, footwear, clothes and other odds and ends strewn carelessly around.
And apart from the direct health problems, what about the number who die as a result of fires started by careless smokers?
The consequences of offending someone by ignoring their friend request are greater with a colleague you see every day than with a careless dining companion you may never meet again.
And carelessness is not a desirable attribute for an institution which is entrusted with children.
One is left guessing whether essential marks have been omitted simply through carelessness, or designedly for a mock-modern effect.
Here the runaway breadstuff becomes a lesson for children about carelessness. Archive 2008-06-01
There were cobwebs and old wooden crates and barrels scattered carelessly about; evidently, this place had once been used for storage.
The eventual tally will depend on the choicesindividual couples make when they engage in that most intimate of human acts, the one Leeuwenhoek interrupted so carelessly for the sake of science.
As long as thou livest thou art subject to change, howsoever unwilling; so that thou art found now joyful, now sad; now at peace, now disquieted; now devout, now indevout; now studious, now careless; now sad, now cheerful. XXXIII. Book III: On Inward Consolation. Of Instability of the Heart, and of directing the Aim toward God
Every careless and inattentive person has his past being careful and attentive for someone.
You are supposed to get rid of carelessness, for it often leads to irretrievaBle errors.
She was entrusted with some of our nation's most important secrets and she betrayed that trust by carelessly mishandling highly classified information. Times, Sunday Times
Sergeant Donaldson's carelessness in leaving it to be stolen so easily was to earn him a reproof. WIDOW'S END
Much of Keighley's good work was, however, wasted by careless play in the rucks which led to stolen possession by the eager Wheatley Hills forwards.
It all seems rather careless. Times, Sunday Times
Finally he handed it over with a careless shrug.
Their ruinous vice, if we are to trust the records of the time, was what the old monks called accidia -- [Greek text] -- and ranked it as one of the seven deadly sins: a general careless, sleepy, comfortable habit of mind, which lets all go its way for good or evil -- a habit of mind too often accompanied, as in the case of the Angle-Danes, with self-indulgence, often coarse enough. Historical Lectures and Essays
She was carelessly cheerful, determined that this woman would not dominate them all. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
He was a gay, mad young dog, grandly careless of his largess, fearless as a lion's whelp, lithe and beautiful as a leopard, and mad, a trifle mad of the deviltries and whimsies that tickled in that fine brain of his. CHAPTER XIII
It is not for Mr. Buckley to admit to an inattentive memory and careless writing when the polysyllabic evasion of "antonomasia" is available. Happy Days Are Here Again
One slide about careless talk and spies immediately provoked comments about an episode from Dad's Army.
No point trying for the car, he'd never be careless enough to leave the keys in it, and life had not prepared her to hot-wire a car. DOLL'S EYES
It takes 50 or 100 rounds before you really start to improve, but after 200 rounds it's easy to get sloppy and careless.
Who hasn't taken solace in some form of greediness, self-assertion, or just plain carelessness?
It is such that an unfortunate circumstance or careless remark can shake feelings of love as can an embarrassing confession, comprised of three little words, reinforce it.
After a few careless moves in the opening Black develops a murderous attack.
People of all nations and faiths know that we are all vulnerable to terror, which by its nature is careless of its targets and indifferent to human life.
You should make an apology to her for your carelessness.
A careless daily inspection after rigging may easily leave the glider with one aileron or the elevator disconnected.
Carelessly, I stripped myself of my chiton and my sandals.
M. de Maupeou came to me in December, and after having gently scolded me for what he termed my carelessness, he showed me a letter from the duchesse de Grammont, which, he said, would wonderfully aid our plans. Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself
She saw the cars hurtle past carelessly, the rubber wheels splashing in the wide puddles.
He was castigated for his carelessness in doing homework.
However, you will have crash effects on your car if you get too careless and rough.
But we've been a bit careless and not played well. The Sun
Stars were littered carelessly throughout, some bright, large and bold while others merely dimpled the blue with tiny dots of light.
‘Depend upon it that, rude and careless as I am, I would fain practice the yoga faithfully,’ he writes.
The accident happened chiefly because you were careless.
Astronomy was, under these circumstances, inseparable from astrolatry, and anathemas of the prophets were not carelessly uttered. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
However, I don't know whether the chef was careless while cooking this dish, it tasted just so-so.
The goddess is now depicted as a blind power, and hence as completely careless and indiscriminate in the bestowal of her gifts.
The quick turnaround took its toll in careless ball-handling and in tired legs that weren't quite able to put enough oomph into the jumpers. USATODAY.com
Beside him was a carelessly loaded dishwasher that was rattling and going clank, clank, clank. ROSES ARE FOR THE RICH
What chance do patients in this trust have when the man with his finger on the money is so careless with it? The Sun
His broken leg is the direct result of his own carelessness.
She was entrusted with some of our nation's most important secrets and she betrayed that trust by carelessly mishandling highly classified information. Times, Sunday Times
At the sound of the nickname carelessly bestowed upon her Keineth drew in her breath quickly. Keineth
Maybe advertising copywriters are just ignorant and careless.
He was ill educated, unintelligent, lacking in common sense, careless of his duties, immoral, and lazy.
Children, careless of pleasing, and only anxious to amuse themselves, are often very graceful; and the nobility who have mostly lived with inferiours, and always had the command of money, acquire a graceful case of deportment, which should rather be termed habitual grace of body, than that superiour gracefulness which is truly the expression of the mind. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
And he measured her in a careless way, and knew, bold now, that she would begin to retreat, coyly and delicately, as he pursued, ever ready to reverse the game should he turn fainthearted. Chapter 6
He was often careless with tactical dispositions and as a result, his army lost thousands of men.
The error was due to carelessness pure and simple.
Once again, his disgruntled followers chastised him for his carelessness.
Whereupon this foreigner, who was clueless and careless enough to mention the occult, was showered with stories of varying levels of tragedy illustrating the cataclysmic powers of the 'unnameable', whose name still inspired fear. Signandsight.com
So in other words, nudity is being clothesless with a purpose and therefore feels, to me at least, more deliberate and empowered, whereas nakedness is sort of unintentional, and therefore more careless or even vulnerable. Bookslut
The banana, planted with a careless hand, supplies the staff of life, besides thatch, fuel, and fibre for nets and lines: when they want cereals, maize, holcus, and panicum will grow almost spontaneously. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
There may be cheaper chargers out there but this is a worthwhile investment for anyone who is a bit careless with their tech. The Sun
Such questions as the disciples put to Christ, we should put to ourselves, in communing with our own hearts upon our beds; Why were we so dull and careless at such a time? Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
And the portraits, however careless they seem are not exactly casual snaps.
To do it twice just seems careless. The Sun
The purple domino, worn carelessly open, revealed black satin encrusted with silver and diamonds. The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century
Deborah Robertson Careless (all these one word titles, is this the way ahead?) 57 entries from March 2007
He carelessly trod the lady beetle underfoot.
He signed cheques with careless abandon.
Their cageyness doesn't prove they're guilty of anything more than careless recordkeeping -- which is OK if you're a clerk at a retail store, but NOT if you're a professional scientist. Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
After a few weeks, he started getting careless about taking his medication.
When it is considered what a pudder is made about essences, and how much all sorts of knowledge, discourse, and conversation are pestered and disordered by the careless and confused use and application of words, it will perhaps be thought worth while thoroughly to lay it open. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Nothing can justify such careless mistakes.
But growling is sometimes a duty; and the traveler might well be suspected of being a "dead head," or a sneak, who did not find frequent occasion for its performance, among the notoriously careless, make-shift, impersistent people of the South. A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy
It is mostly our own carelessness, ignorance, gullibility and cheeseparing that allows criminals, hooligans and others to run riot. Times, Sunday Times
He has ` ` bitted the bull-mouthed breaker '' and ridden it in, and the pride in the feat shows in the carriage of his magnificent body as he glances for a moment carelessly at you who sit in the shade of the shore. Excerpt From Cruise of the Snark: Surfing in Hawaii
What began as a careless exhortation has blossomed into something I am proud to be a part of, and I hope this redresses some sort of karmic imbalance I no doubt incurred in my youth.
The northern coast counties are made up largely of mountains, but imbosomed in these lie many charming little, and several quite spacious, valleys, in which you are surprised to find a multitude of farmers living, isolated from the world, that life of careless and easy prosperity which is the lot of farmers in the fat valleys of California. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands
an impression of careless elegance
He knew that in time the poor silly little klipdachs would grow careless, and, anxious for a game at play, would get too far from their homes to skip back before he could be down upon them. In the Wilds of Africa
This guy is just plain careless and considering his background he is showing distinct unsuitedness for high office. The Volokh Conspiracy » The Dale Peterson Ad
The increasing focus on speed cameras and decline in traffic police means that offences such as drug-driving and careless driving could be going unchecked.
Can liberals accept that an undervote usually reflects either voter carelessness, for which the voter suffers the condign punishment of an unrecorded preference, or reflects the voter's choice not to express a preference?
What, with careless exaggeration, he had said to a friend some months before, on setting forth his _Elegy on the Death of a Young Man_, "The thing has made my name hereabouts more famous than twenty years of practice would have done; but it is a name like that of him who burnt the Temple of Ephesus: God be merciful to me a sinner!" might now with all seriousness be said of the impression his _Robbers_ made on the harmless townsfolk of Stuttgart. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works
In the _praeludium_ to Goffe's "Careless Shepherdess," 1656, quarto, there is a panegyric on them, and some concern is shown for the fool's absence in the play itself, while it is stated that "The motley coat was banished with trunk-hose. A History of Pantomime
She pointed, as she spoke, to the cluttered yard before them, to the unwashed wagons and rusty tools that had not been put away, to the shed-door half off its hinges, and the unpiled wood tossed carelessly inside the shed. The Old Gray Homestead
Flettcher saith belyke the sacke was som draughte as thatte devised by Paracelsvs to make a manne yonge again, & as proofe of this tells me it be knowen that Spayne hath sowt suche in the natural waiters of Florida, the which I knew afore, but I told him nott, onely that he should speak noe carelesse word therof. The Life of the World to Come
Phone him to say you are confused and hurt by his careless attitude. The Sun
The player, whose careless touches cost Aberdeen possession all afternoon, hooked it over the bar with his left foot.
As he read the novel, its nihilism and careless insensitivity to Nazi anti-Semitism were shocking, even abominable.
He can of course say this carelessly only because there is no doubt about his divine status; moreover it cannot be questioned that the first element is theophorous in the strictest sense.
Her face was careless and unarranged.
The careless, the casual, the thoughtless reader will come away from them no wiser than he was before.
Don't be so careless about / with spelling.
I'm sorry. How careless of me.
When the purchaser presents himself, they withdraw these bags from the pressure to which they are subject; the merchant, with a careless air, gives a slight push with his fist to the bottom of the crown, to raise it up, smooths the front upon his knee, and presents to your eyes an object at once whimsically fantastical, which recalls confusedly to your memory those fabulous head-dresses favored by box-keepers, aunts of opera dancers, or duennas of provincial theaters. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02
In the hospital Mack asked if she knew the careless devil that had thrown the cigarette end.
I am careless, improvident, uncautious, happy out of sheer well - being and overplus of physical energy. Chapter 15
'But no! I can guess clearly how it alose before: it alose thlough the sheer carelessness of the first men. The Purple Cloud
As a careless person, she always buy a pig in a poke.
The torso of a woman in a hoodie failed to fool a police motorcyclist who spotted the driver making a careless manoeuvre. Times, Sunday Times
Coupled with the poor writing is a certain carelessness in the story development: early on, for example, we learn of the high-tech processes Space Vulture uses to make himself superhuman. Book Review: Space Vulture
She was carelessly cheerful, determined that this woman would not dominate them all. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
Literature as it developed in the reign of Elizabeth ran counter to the hopes and desires of the men who began the movement; the common usage which extends the term Elizabethan backwards outside the limits of the reign itself, has nothing but its carelessness to recommend it. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge
The boss gave him the push due to his careless work.
The careless, the casual, the thoughtless reader will come away from them no wiser than he was before.
The prospective corpse was not "heeled," as he was not in any feud just then, and was not expecting trouble, but he knew that he would have to act, and quickly, by his wits, or he would be shot, and he turned on the fellow and said carelessly: Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America
Note, Though Christ's disciples be brought into wants and straits, through their own carelessness and incogitancy, yet he encourages them to trust in him for relief. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
A newborn baby has a tiny heart and minute organs, and there is no margin for error or carelessness.
Careless use of the clutch may damage the gears.
Police blame the incident on what they call careless zoo keepers. CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2005
The greatest threat to a typical Linux installation, in my opinion, is a careless root user.
Those that knew Levis as a friend, colleague, or teacher sometimes found it puzzling to try to reconcile the good humor, whimsy, and carelessness of the man with the artfulness, erudition, cunning, and darkness of his poetry.
He explained that developers should not carelessly pick any location where there was obviously no market and downscale their projects in order to avoid a higher vacancy rate.
He was becoming sloppy and careless - I think he was looking for an out.
In her haste, Hailey had carelessly swung the bag into her vanity table, sending its various contents flying this way and that.
Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul. Mark Twain
One careless move loses the whole game.
If one person makes a mistake or gets careless, the results can be catastrophic.
Sergeant Donaldson's carelessness in leaving it to be stolen so easily was to earn him a reproof. WIDOW'S END
With three minutes left, they carelessly conceded a corner. Times, Sunday Times
Who knows why I find fewer Careless in Reds than I used to? I Love Books!! | The Stiletto Gang
She carelessly lifted the ‘Destination Guide’ book and tossed it across the room, half the pages torn from the binding.
It was the ignorance of man's reason that begat this very name, and by a careless term miscalled the providence of God: for there is no liberty for causes to operate in a loose and straggling way; nor any effect whatsoever but hath its warrant from some universal or superior cause. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend
Even boys without bookish hopes aped their careless style of dress and the ritual swordplay of their speech.
A long, oaken table occupied the centre of the room, and round this in groups, seated and standing, were a score of men, all with swords at their sides; bearing, many of them, that air of careless hauteur which is supposed to be a characteristic of noble birth. The Strong Arm
Every careless and inattentive person has his past being careful and attentive for someone.
His reputation for carelessness was established long before the latest problems arose.
Pei-Shih is particularly interested in the derealisation of menace and believes that this condition shows both the ignorance and carelessness with which first world countries treat the rest of the world. Art Knowledge News
He carelessly walked into a mate in five, which he thought was simply drawing.
Even as a young, curious, apparently altruistic man, my grandpa was always quite careless of the feelings and needs of others close to him.
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
He failed in his malting business, was unthrifty and careless with money, and had, in fact, no liking for, or ability in, any business except politics.
As she bent over Hans to adjust his bandage the crisp white cloth of her uniform blouse, carelessly fastened, fell open and brushed his sleeping face.
The gayest of the group is Sir John Suckling, the writer of what should be called vers de société, a more careless but more fanciful Prior. Introduction. Grierson, Herbert J.C
Let me give something that will lead each one to the knowledge of the divinity of every human soul, something that will lead each one to the conscious realization of _his own divinity_, with all its attendant riches, and glories, and powers, -- let me succeed in doing this, and I can then well afford to be careless as to whether the critics praise or whether they blame. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty
We pity an idiot, and one that is naturally destitute of under standing, or one that loseth the use of his reason by a disease or other inevitable accident: but every one despiseth him who besots himself, and plays the fool out of carelessness and a gross neglect of himself. The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 07.
She had been careless up until then, spraying errors far and wide, but when Serena went home, the errors cleared up.
The writer was incorrigibly careless of diction and unable, as his letters reveal, even to spell ‘grammar,’ to say nothing of mastering it.
Mr Mitchell has apologised for what he described as a careless oversight, and has repaid the money. Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news
Jackson had just dumped his bags on the floor, rather carelessly.
Avoid blots and erasures; they indicate carelessness or unbecoming haste.

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