careless
adjective
1. marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
- careless about her clothes
- forgotten by some careless person
- a careless housekeeper
Similar word(s): casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory, superficial, haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, heedless, reckless, incautious, offhand, offhanded, incautious, unconcerned, negligent, superficial, imprudent
2. effortless and unstudied
- an impression of careless elegance
- danced with careless grace
Similar word(s): artless
3. (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration
- careless of the consequences
Similar word(s): heedless, unheeding, regardless
Sentences with careless as an adjective:
- Jessica was so careless that she put her shorts on backwards.