Hypertext Webster Gateway: "careless"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Careless \Care"less\, a. [AS. cearle['a]s.]
1. Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.
--Spenser.
Sleep she as sound as careless infancy. --Shak.
2. Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care;
negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful;
regardless.
My brother was too careless of his charge. --Shak.
He grew careless of himself. --Steele.
3. Without thought or purpose; without due care; without
attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate;
spontaneous; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless
expression.
He framed the careless rhyme. --Beattie.
4. Not receiving care; uncared for. [R.]
Their many wounds and careless harms. --Spenser.
Syn: Negligent; heedless; thoughtless; unthinking;
inattentive; incautious; remiss; supine; forgetful;
regardless; inconsiderate; listless.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
careless
adj 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"; "careless proofreading"; "it
was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"
[ant: {careful}]
2: effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless
elegance"; "danced with careless grace"
3: (usually followed by `of') without due thought or
consideration; "careless of the consequences"; "the
proverbial grasshopper--thoughtless of tomorrow";
"crushing the blooms with regardless tread" [syn: {careless(p)},
{thoughtless(p)}, {regardless}]
4: showing an unthinking lack of consideration; "a careless
remark"
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