Carelessness

Noun CEFR C1

ˈkɛɹləsnəs

Definitions

Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españoldejadez descuido desprevenciónimprevisión imprudencia negligencia

Françaisincurie négligence

DeutschFlüchtigkeit Laissez-faire LeichtsinnLeichtsinnigkeit Nachlässigkeit Sorglosigkeit Unachtsamkeit Unbekümmertheit Unvorsichtigkeit

29 more languages

العربيةالإهمال رعونة طيشغفلة لامبالاة

Българскилекомисленост

Bosanskialjkavost nebriga nemarnemarnost nepažnja traljavost немар немарност непажња траљавост

Catalàdesídia negligència

Češtinaledabylost lehkomyslnost nedbalostšlendrián

Ελληνικάαβλεψία ακηδία ανεμελιάαπροσεξία ατημελησία αφροντισιά

Esperantomalzorgeco senzorgeco

Suomihuolettomuus huolimattomuus varomattomuus

Gaeilgeleibideacht

Gàidhligana-cùram mì-chruinnealas mì-chuimhnemì-chùram mì-fhaicill

हिन्दीअसावधानता ग़फ़लत निश्चिंतताप्रमाद बेफ़िक्री लापरवाही

Hrvatskialjkavost nebriga nemarnemarnost nepažnja traljavost немар немарност непажња траљавост

Bahasa Indonesiagaflat taksir

Italianonegligenza

日本語不注意不用心不用意懈怠杜撰油断無造作無頓着軽率迂闊

Қазақ тіліабайламаушылық абайсыздық

한국어방심

Latinaincuria indiligentia neglegentia

Latviešubezrūpīgums

Nederlandsachteloosheid onoplettendheid onvoorzichtigheid

Polskibezmyślność lekkomyślność niedbalstwoniedbałość nieostrożność niestaranność

Portuguêsdescuido negligência

Românănepăsare

Русскийбеззаботность легкомысленность легкомыслие

Српскиaljkavost nebriga nemarnemarnost nepažnja traljavost немар немарност непажња траљавост

Svenskalättsinne oaktsamhet ovarsamhetslarv vållande vårdslöshet

తెలుగుఅజాగ్రత

Türkçelakayıtlık

Українськабезтурботність

Examples

“This accident was caused by carelessness.”

“There were, however, 34 deaths among passengers in movement accidents, due mainly to misadventure and carelessness when entering and leaving trains in motion, falling off platforms and out of carriages, and opening and closing carriage doors.”

CEFR level

C1

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

carelessnesse carelessweed Carelia Carelian careline Carella

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