Meaning of CARELESSNESS

Pronunciation:			'kehrlisnes
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances [n]  the quality of not being careful or taking pains
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	Synonyms:		neglect, negligence, nonperformance
	Antonyms:		carefulness
	See Also:		attentiveness, comparative negligence, concurrent negligence, contributory negligence, criminal negligence, culpable negligence, dereliction, dodging, escape, evasion, incaution, incautiousness, neglect, neglect of duty, neglectfulness, negligence, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, unconscientiousness
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Care"less*ness\, n. The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.
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Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		abandon, absentmindedness, accidia, acedia, aloofness, apathy, ataraxia, ataraxy, blowziness, blunderheadedness, blundering, boggling, boredom, botchery, botching, bungling, caprice, careless abandon, casualness, chintziness, cursoriness, desperateness, detachment, devil-may-careness, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, disregard, disregardfulness, distraction, dowdiness, easiness, easygoingness, flightiness, flippancy, forgetfulness, frivolousness, frowziness, frumpishness, fumbling, furiousness, giddiness, grubbiness, haste, hastiness, heedlessness, hotheadedness, hurriedness, impassiveness, impassivity, impetuosity, impetuousness, impotence, imprecision, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, incuriosity, incuriousness, indifference, indifferentism, indifferentness, indiscrimination, inexcitability, inobservance, insouciance, intellectual inertia, lack of affect, lack of foresight, lack of interest, lackadaisicalness, laxity, laxness, laziness, leniency, levity, lightmindedness, listlessness, looseness, loosening, messiness, mindlessness, muffing, negligence, nonchalance, nonobservance, oblivion, obliviousness, offhandedness, overeagerness, overenthusiasm, overindulgence, overpermissiveness, overzealousness, perfunctoriness, permissiveness, pococurantism, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, precipitousness, recklessness, regardlessness, relaxation, relaxedness, remissness, seediness, shabbiness, shallowness, shoddiness, slackness, slatternliness, slipshodness, sloppiness, sloth, slovenliness, slovenry, sluttishness, softness, sordidness, sprezzatura, squalidness, squalor, stolidity, superficiality, tackiness, tactlessness, tawdriness, thoughtlessness, too many cooks, unalertness, unanxiousness, unawareness, unconcern, unconsciousness, unheedfulness, uninquisitiveness, unintentiveness, uninterestedness, unmindfulness, unneatness, unobservance, unpreparedness, unreadiness, unrestraint, unsolicitousness, unsolicitude, unthinkingness, unthoughtfulness, untidiness, unwariness, unwatchfulness, wantonness, weakness, wildness, withdrawal