carelessness

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• General-American: /ˈkɛɹləsnəs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɛələsnəs/
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• CMU ARPABET: K EH1 R L AH0 S N 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 Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Old English carlēasnes Middle English *carelesnes English carelessness From Middle English *carelesnes, *carlesnesse, from Old English carlēasnes (“freedom from care, security, carelessness”), equivalent to careless + -ness.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: лекомисленост (lekomislenost) — lack of care
• Catalan: descurança — lack of care
• Catalan: negligència — lack of care
• Catalan: desídia — lack of care
• Chinese Mandarin: 粗心 (cūxīn) — lack of care
• Chinese Mandarin: 大意 (dàyì) — lack of care
• Chinese Mandarin: 草率 (cǎoshuài) — lack of care
• Czech: lehkomyslnost — lack of care
• Czech: nedbalost — lack of care
• Czech: ledabylost — lack of care
• Dutch: onvoorzichtigheid — lack of care
• Dutch: onoplettendheid — lack of care
• Dutch: achteloosheid — lack of care
• Esperanto: malzorgeco — lack of care
• Esperanto: senzorgeco — lack of care
• Finnish: huolimattomuus — lack of care
• Finnish: varomattomuus — lack of care
• French: négligence — lack of care
• French: incurie — lack of care
• German: Unvorsichtigkeit — lack of care
• German: Leichtsinn — lack of care
• Greek: απροσεξία (aprosexía) — lack of care
• Hindi: लापरवाही (lāparvāhī) — lack of care
• Hindi: निश्चिंतता (niścinttā) — lack of care
• Hindi: बेफ़िक्री (befikrī) — lack of care
• Irish: leibideacht — lack of care
• Italian: negligenza — lack of care
• Japanese: 軽率 (kēsotsu) — lack of care
• Japanese: 不注意 (fuchūi) — lack of care
• Japanese: 油断 — lack of care
• Kazakh: абайламаушылық (abailamauşylyq) — lack of care
• Kazakh: абайсыздық (abaisyzdyq) — lack of care
• Kazakh: аңғалдық (añğaldyq) — lack of care
• Kazakh: алаңғасарлық (alañğasarlyq) — lack of care
• Kazakh: қамсыздық (qamsyzdyq) — lack of care
• Kazakh: бейқамдық (beiqamdyq) — lack of care
• Kazakh: ұқыпсыздық (ūqypsyzdyq) — lack of care
• Latin: indīligentia — lack of care
• Latin: incūria — lack of care
• Latin: neglegentia — lack of care
• Polish: lekkomyślność — lack of care
• Polish: bezmyślność — lack of care
• Portuguese: descuido — lack of care
• Portuguese: negligência — lack of care
• Romanian: nepăsare — lack of care
• Russian: беззабо́тность (bezzabótnostʹ) — lack of care
• Russian: легкомы́сленность (lexkomýslennostʹ) — lack of care
• Russian: легкомы́слие (lexkomýslije) — lack of care
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅmār — lack of care
• Serbo-Croatian: nèbriga — lack of care
• Slovak: ledabolosť — lack of care
• Spanish: descuido — lack of care
• Spanish: dejadez — lack of care
• Spanish: desprevención — lack of care
• Spanish: imprevisión — lack of care
• Swedish: vårdslöshet — lack of care
• Swedish: oaktsamhet — lack of care
• Swedish: lättsinne — lack of care
• Telugu: అజాగ్రత (ajāgrata) — lack of care
• Vietnamese: sự bất cẩn — lack of care