careless
adjective
uk/ˈkeə.ləs/us/ˈker.ləs/carelessadjective(NO ATTENTION)
B1
not taking orshowingenoughcareandattention:
不小心的；粗心的，马虎的My son'steachersays that hisworkis oftenrathercareless.我儿子的老师说他做作业经常粗心大意。
He made a carelessremark(= one made withoutthinking)about herappearancethat reallyupsether.他对她外貌的一句随意的评价让她很不快。
not taking or showing enough care and attention
- carelessThat was careless of you.
- sloppySpelling mistakes always look sloppy in a formal letter.
- slapdashHis work is always hurried and slapdash.
- rashThat was a rash decision - you didn't think about the costs involved.
- thoughtlessThe Prime Minister made a thoughtless remark about the environment.
- Itackledhim about his carelessworkandfrequentabsences.
- He's very careless with hismoney.
- Hisworkisfullof carelessmistakes.
- She didn'tmeantodamagethepainting, but she was too careless with it.
- She'srathercareless about herappearance.
Not paying attention
- absent
- absent-minded
- absent-mindedly
- absent-mindedness
- absently
- anyhow
- dreamy
- drop/loweryourguardidiom
- faraway
- glazed
- go back to sleep!idiom
- laxly
- like a bull in a china shopidiom
- merrily
- misfocus
- moment
- sideline
- unmindful
- unwary
- zone out
carelessadjective(NO WORRY)
literary
relaxed,natural, andfreefromworry
不经意的，无忧无虑的Synonym
carefree
Calm and relaxed
- (as) cool as a cucumberidiom
- at (your) leisureidiom
- be at peace with the worldidiom
- calmly
- calmness
- equilibrium
- free-flowing
- gaily
- genteel
- happy-go-lucky
- harmonious
- peaceably
- peacefully
- peacefulness
- phlegm
- placid
- placidly
- sedate
- without a care in the worldidiom
- zen