careless

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɛəlɪs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɛələs/
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• General-American: /kɛɹ.ləs/
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• General-American: /kɛɚ.ləs/
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• Australian: /keː.ləs/
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• /kiə.ləs/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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• New-Zealand: /keə.ləs/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• Scotland: /keɹ.ləs/
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• /kɜː(ɹ).ləs/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• CMU ARPABET: K EH1 R L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh2r-der. Proto-Germanic *karō Proto-West Germanic *karu Old English caru Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English carlēas Middle English careles English careless From Middle English careles, from Old English carlēas (“careless, reckless, void of care, free from care, free”), equivalent to care + -less. Cognate with Icelandic kærulaus (“careless, negligent”).

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sorgeloos — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Albanian: i pakujdesshëm — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Albanian: i shkujdesur — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Arabic: غَيْر مُبَالِي (ḡayr mubālī) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Armenian: անուշադիր (anušadir) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Armenian: անփույթ (anpʻuytʻ) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Aymara: maysarnukuta — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Azerbaijani: səhlənkar — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Azerbaijani: ehtiyatsız — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Bambara: hamibali — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Belarusian: нядбайны (njadbajny) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Belarusian: неасцярожны (njeascjaróžny) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Bengali: অসাবধান (ośabodhan) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Bengali: যত্নহীন (jotnohin) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Bulgarian: невнима́телен (nevnimátelen) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Bulgarian: безгри́жен (bezgrížen) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Burmese: သတိလက်လွတ် (sa.ti.laklwat) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Catalan: imprudent — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Catalan: negligent — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Chichewa: wosasamala — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕率 /轻率 (qīngshuài) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Chinese Mandarin: 大意 (dàyì) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Czech: lehkomyslný — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Czech: nedbalý — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Czech: lhostejný — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Czech: neopatrný — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Danish: skødesløs — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Danish: uforsigtig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Danish: uagtsom — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Danish: letsindig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Danish: lemfældig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Dhivehi: ފަރުވާކުޑަވުން (faruvākuḍavun̊) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Dutch: onvoorzichtig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Dutch: onbedachtzaam — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Dutch: achteloos — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Dutch: nalatig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Dutch: onachtzaam — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Esperanto: malzorga — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Esperanto: senzorga — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Esperanto: senatenta — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Estonian: hooletu — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Estonian: hoolimatuks — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Ewe: ɖematsɔleme — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Finnish: huolimaton — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Finnish: huoleton — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• French: négligent — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• French: étourdi — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• French: distrait — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Galician: descoidado — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Galician: descoido — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Georgian: დაუდევარი (daudevari) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Georgian: დაუფიქრებელი (daupikrebeli) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Georgian: უგულისყურო (ugulisq̇uro) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Georgian: გაუფრთხილებელი (gauprtxilebeli) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Georgian: წინდაუხედავი (c̣indauxedavi) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Georgian: უყურადღებო (uq̇uradɣebo) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• German: unvorsichtig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• German: unbedacht — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• German: unachtsam — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• German: leichtsinnig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• German: fahrlässig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• German: nachlässig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• German: säumig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• German: leichtfertig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Greek: απρόσεκτος (aprósektos) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Greek: απερίσκεπτος (aperískeptos) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Greek: αμελής (amelís) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Ancient Greek: ἀμελής (amelḗs) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Gujarati: બેદરકાર (bedarkār) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Haitian Creole: en neglijan — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Hebrew: רשלן (rashlan) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Hindi: असावधान (asāvdhān) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Hungarian: figyelmetlen — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Hungarian: gondatlan — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Hungarian: hanyag — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Hungarian: könnyelmű — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Icelandic: kærulaus — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Icelandic: hirðulaus — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Indonesian: ceroboh — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Irish: anaireach — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Irish: neamartach — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Irish: faillitheach — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Italian: inaccurato — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Italian: negligente — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Italian: negletto — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Italian: superficiale — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Italian: spensierato — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Japanese: 不注意 (fuchūi) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Japanese: 軽率 (keisotsu) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Japanese: 迂闊 (ukatsu) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Khmer: ធ្វេសប្រហែស (thveihprɑɑhaeh) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Latin: neglegēns — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Latin: indīligēns — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Macedonian: немарен (nemaren) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Māori: tīrere — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Māori: pakihaha — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Māori: tupehau — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Māori: whakaarokore — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Northern Sotho: sa hlokomelego — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjødesløs — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Norwegian Bokmål: uforsiktig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Norwegian Bokmål: ubetenksom — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Norwegian Bokmål: uaktsom — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Norwegian Bokmål: uoverveid — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Norwegian Bokmål: tankeløs — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Norwegian Bokmål: lettsindig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Norwegian Bokmål: lemfeldig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Norwegian Bokmål: slurvete — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Old English: carleas — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Old English: ġīemelēas — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Piedmontese: stordì — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Plautdietsch: schloff — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Plautdietsch: schlopmetzich — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Polish: niedbały — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Portuguese: descuidado — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Portuguese: desatencioso — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Portuguese: negligente — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Romanian: nepăsător — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Romanian: neglijent — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Russian: невнима́тельный (nevnimátelʹnyj) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Russian: небре́жный (nebréžnyj) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Russian: неради́вый (neradívyj) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Scottish Gaelic: coma — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅmāran — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Serbo-Croatian: nèbrižan — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Slovak: neopatrný — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Slovak: nepozorný — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Slovak: nedbanlivý — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Spanish: descuidado — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Spanish: irresponsable — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Spanish: negligente — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Spanish: dejado — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Spanish: poco / no cuidadoso — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Spanish: desprolijo — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Spanish: desatentado — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Swedish: vårdslös — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Swedish: oaktsam — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Swedish: slarvig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Swedish: försumlig — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Tagalog: pabaya — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Telugu: శ్రద్ధలేని (śraddhalēni) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Thai: ซุ่มซ่าม (sûm-sâam) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Thai: ประมาท (bprà-màat) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Thai: สะเพร่า (sàprâo) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Turkish: ihmalci — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Turkish: ihmalkâr — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Turkish: umursamaz — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Ukrainian: недба́лий (nedbályj) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Ukrainian: неува́жний (neuvážnyj) — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Vietnamese: bất cẩn — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Welsh: anofalus — not giving sufficient attention or thought
• Welsh: diofal — not giving sufficient attention or thought