"careless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɛəlɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɛələs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɛɹləs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-careless.ogg [US] Forms: more careless [comparative], most careless [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)ləs Etymology: From Middle English careles, from Old English carlēas (“careless, reckless, void of care, free from care, free”), equivalent to care + -less. Cognate with Icelandic kærulaus (“careless, negligent”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵeh₂r-}}, {{inh|en|enm|careles}} Middle English careles, {{inh|en|ang|carlēas|t=careless, reckless, void of care, free from care, free}} Old English carlēas (“careless, reckless, void of care, free from care, free”), {{suf|en|care|less}} care + -less, {{cog|is|kærulaus|t=careless, negligent}} Icelandic kærulaus (“careless, negligent”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} careless (comparative more careless, superlative most careless)
  1. Not concerned or worried (about). Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-careless-en-adj-BpM7y6PJ Disambiguation of Personality: 46 17 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 25 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 54 21 25
  2. Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. Translations (not giving sufficient attention or thought): sorgeloos (Afrikaans), i pakujdesshëm (Albanian), i shkujdesur (Albanian), ἀμελής (amelḗs) (Ancient Greek), غَيْر مُبَالِي (ḡayr mubālī) (Arabic), անուշադիր (anušadir) (Armenian), անփույթ (anpʿuytʿ) (Armenian), maysarnukuta (Aymara), səhlənkar (Azerbaijani), hamibali (Bambara), нядбайны (njadbajny) (Belarusian), неасцярожны (njeascjaróžny) (Belarusian), অসাবধান (ośabodhan) (Bengali), যত্নহীন (jotnohin) (Bengali), невнима́телен (nevnimátelen) (Bulgarian), безгри́жен (bezgrížen) (Bulgarian), သတိလက်လွတ် (sa.ti.laklwat) (Burmese), imprudent (Catalan), negligent (Catalan), wosasamala (Chichewa), 轻率 (qīngshuài) (Chinese Mandarin), 大意 (dàyì) (Chinese Mandarin), lehkomyslný (Czech), nedbalý (Czech), lhostejný (Czech), neopatrný (Czech), skødesløs (Danish), uforsigtig (Danish), uagtsom (Danish), letsindig (Danish), lemfældig (Danish), ފަރުވާކުޑަވުން (faruvākuḍavun̊) (Dhivehi), onvoorzichtig (Dutch), onbedachtzaam (Dutch), achteloos (Dutch), nalatig (Dutch), onachtzaam (Dutch), malzorga (Esperanto), senzorga (Esperanto), senatenta (Esperanto), hooletu (Estonian), hoolimatuks (Estonian), ɖematsɔleme (Ewe), huolimaton (Finnish), huoleton (Finnish), négligent (French), étourdi (French), distrait (French), descoidado (Galician), descoido (Galician), დაუდევარი (daudevari) (Georgian), დაუფიქრებელი (daupikrebeli) (Georgian), უგულისყურო (ugulisq̇uro) (Georgian), გაუფრთხილებელი (gauprtxilebeli) (Georgian), წინდაუხედავი (c̣indauxedavi) (Georgian), უყურადღებო (uq̇uradɣebo) (Georgian), unvorsichtig (German), unbedacht (German), unachtsam (German), leichtsinnig (German), fahrlässig (German), nachlässig (German), säumig (German), leichtfertig (German), απρόσεκτος (aprósektos) (Greek), απερίσκεπτος (aperískeptos) (Greek), αμελής (amelís) (Greek), oñangareko'ỹva (Guaraní), બેદરકાર (bedarkār) (Gujarati), en neglijan (Haitian Creole), רשלן (rashlan) (Hebrew), figyelmetlen (Hungarian), gondatlan (Hungarian), hanyag (Hungarian), könnyelmű (Hungarian), kærulaus (Icelandic), hirðulaus (Icelandic), ceroboh (Indonesian), anaireach (Irish), neamartach (Irish), faillitheach (Irish), inaccurato (Italian), negligente (Italian), negletto (Italian), superficiale (Italian), spensierato (Italian), 不注意 (fuchūi) (alt: ふちゅうい) (Japanese), 軽率 (keisotsu) (alt: けいそつ) (Japanese), 迂闊 (ukatsu) (alt: うかつ) (Japanese), ធ្វេសប្រហែស (thveihprɑɑhaeh) (Khmer), neglegēns (Latin), indīligēns (Latin), tīrere (Maori), pakihaha (Maori), tupehau (Maori), whakaarokore (Maori), sa hlokomelego (Northern Sotho), skjødesløs (Norwegian Bokmål), uforsiktig (Norwegian Bokmål), ubetenksom (Norwegian Bokmål), uaktsom (Norwegian Bokmål), uoverveid (Norwegian Bokmål), tankeløs (Norwegian Bokmål), lettsindig (Norwegian Bokmål), lemfeldig (Norwegian Bokmål), slurvete (Norwegian Bokmål), carleas (Old English), ġīemelēas (Old English), stordì (Piedmontese), schloff (Plautdietsch), schlopmetzich (Plautdietsch), niedbały (Polish), descuidado (Portuguese), desatencioso (Portuguese), negligente (Portuguese), nepăsător (Romanian), neglijent (Romanian), невнима́тельный (nevnimátelʹnyj) (Russian), небре́жный (nebréžnyj) (Russian), неради́вый (neradívyj) (Russian), coma (Scottish Gaelic), nȅmāran [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nèbrižan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), neopatrný (Slovak), nepozorný (Slovak), nedbanlivý (Slovak), descuidado (Spanish), irresponsable (Spanish), negligente (Spanish), dejado (Spanish), vårdslös (Swedish), oaktsam (Swedish), slarvig (Swedish), försumlig (Swedish), pabaya (Tagalog), శ్రద్ధలేని (śraddhalēni) (Telugu), ซุ่มซ่าม (sûm-sâam) (Thai), ประมาท (bprà-màat) (Thai), สะเพร่า (sàprâo) (Thai), ihmalci (Turkish), ihmalkâr (Turkish), umursamaz (Turkish), недба́лий (nedbályj) (Ukrainian), неува́жний (neuvážnyj) (Ukrainian), bất cẩn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-careless-en-adj-iGXSp0bK Disambiguation of 'not giving sufficient attention or thought': 35 64 1
  3. (archaic) Free from care; unworried, without anxiety. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-careless-en-adj-OsreV570
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: carelessly, carelessness

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          "text": "Jessica was so careless that she put her shorts on backwards.",
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          "text": "These ballads, none of which are later than the fifteenth century, are written in a strain of the most artless simplicity, not the slightest attempt at ornament is to be discerned in them; the same ideas and expressions continually recur, and the rimes are the most careless imaginable, often a mere assonnance in vowels or consonants, sometimes not possessing even that slight similarity of sound.",
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          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "sorgeloos"
        },
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          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "i pakujdesshëm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "i shkujdesur"
        },
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          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḡayr mubālī",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "غَيْر مُبَالِي"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "anušadir",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "անուշադիր"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "anpʿuytʿ",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "անփույթ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ay",
          "lang": "Aymara",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "maysarnukuta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "səhlənkar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "bm",
          "lang": "Bambara",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "hamibali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "njadbajny",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "нядбайны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "njeascjaróžny",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "неасцярожны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "ośabodhan",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "অসাবধান"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "jotnohin",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "যত্নহীন"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nevnimátelen",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "невнима́телен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bezgrížen",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "безгри́жен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "sa.ti.laklwat",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "သတိလက်လွတ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "imprudent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "negligent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ny",
          "lang": "Chichewa",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "wosasamala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qīngshuài",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "轻率"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàyì",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "大意"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "lehkomyslný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "nedbalý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "lhostejný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "neopatrný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "skødesløs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "uforsigtig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "uagtsom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "letsindig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "lemfældig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "dv",
          "lang": "Dhivehi",
          "roman": "faruvākuḍavun̊",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "ފަރުވާކުޑަވުން"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "onvoorzichtig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "onbedachtzaam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "achteloos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "nalatig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "onachtzaam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "malzorga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "senzorga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "senatenta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "hooletu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "hoolimatuks"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ee",
          "lang": "Ewe",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "ɖematsɔleme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "huolimaton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "huoleton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "négligent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "étourdi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "distrait"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "descoidado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "descoido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "daudevari",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "დაუდევარი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "daupikrebeli",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "დაუფიქრებელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ugulisq̇uro",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "უგულისყურო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gauprtxilebeli",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "გაუფრთხილებელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣indauxedavi",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "წინდაუხედავი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uq̇uradɣebo",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "უყურადღებო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "unvorsichtig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "unbedacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "unachtsam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "leichtsinnig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "fahrlässig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "nachlässig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "säumig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "leichtfertig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "aprósektos",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "απρόσεκτος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "aperískeptos",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "απερίσκεπτος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "amelís",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "αμελής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "amelḗs",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "ἀμελής"
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        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "gn",
          "lang": "Guaraní",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "oñangareko'ỹva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "bedarkār",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "બેદરકાર"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "en neglijan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "rashlan",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "רשלן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "figyelmetlen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "gondatlan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "hanyag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "könnyelmű"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "kærulaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "hirðulaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "ceroboh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "anaireach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "neamartach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "faillitheach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "inaccurato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "negligente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "negletto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "superficiale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "spensierato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "alt": "ふちゅうい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fuchūi",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "不注意"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "alt": "けいそつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "keisotsu",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "軽率"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "alt": "うかつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ukatsu",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "迂闊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "thveihprɑɑhaeh",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "ធ្វេសប្រហែស"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "neglegēns"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "indīligēns"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "tīrere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "pakihaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "tupehau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "whakaarokore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nso",
          "lang": "Northern Sotho",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "sa hlokomelego"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "skjødesløs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "uforsiktig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "ubetenksom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "uaktsom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "uoverveid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "tankeløs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "lettsindig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "lemfeldig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "slurvete"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "carleas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "ġīemelēas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "pms",
          "lang": "Piedmontese",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "stordì"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "schloff"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "schlopmetzich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "niedbały"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "descuidado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "desatencioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "negligente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "nepăsător"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "neglijent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nevnimátelʹnyj",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "невнима́тельный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nebréžnyj",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "небре́жный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neradívyj",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "неради́вый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "coma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "nȅmāran"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "nèbrižan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "neopatrný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "nepozorný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "nedbanlivý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "descuidado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "irresponsable"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "negligente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "dejado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "vårdslös"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "oaktsam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "slarvig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "försumlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "pabaya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "śraddhalēni",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "శ్రద్ధలేని"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sûm-sâam",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "ซุ่มซ่าม"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bprà-màat",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "ประมาท"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sàprâo",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "สะเพร่า"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "ihmalci"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "ihmalkâr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "umursamaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nedbályj",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "недба́лий"
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        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "neuvážnyj",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "неува́жний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 64 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
          "word": "bất cẩn"
        }
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        "(archaic) Free from care; unworried, without anxiety."
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "word": "meticulous"
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms derived from Old English",
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    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms suffixed with -less",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Requests for review of Swahili translations",
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      "name": "root"
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      "name": "suf"
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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          "text": "Jessica was so careless that she put her shorts on backwards.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 132",
          "text": "These ballads, none of which are later than the fifteenth century, are written in a strain of the most artless simplicity, not the slightest attempt at ornament is to be discerned in them; the same ideas and expressions continually recur, and the rimes are the most careless imaginable, often a mere assonnance in vowels or consonants, sometimes not possessing even that slight similarity of sound.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "avoidance",
          "avoidance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Free from care; unworried, without anxiety."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Free from care; unworried, without anxiety."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛəlɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛələs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛɹləs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)ləs"
    },
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      "tags": [
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:careless",
      "word": "careless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:careless",
      "word": "heedless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:careless",
      "word": "irregardless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:careless",
      "word": "irrespective"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:careless",
      "word": "negligent"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:careless",
      "word": "reckless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:careless",
      "word": "regardless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:careless",
      "word": "slapdash"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:careless",
      "word": "sloppy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:careless",
      "word": "slovenly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:careless",
      "word": "slipshod"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "sorgeloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "i pakujdesshëm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "i shkujdesur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡayr mubālī",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "غَيْر مُبَالِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anušadir",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "անուշադիր"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anpʿuytʿ",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "անփույթ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ay",
      "lang": "Aymara",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "maysarnukuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "səhlənkar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bm",
      "lang": "Bambara",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "hamibali"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njadbajny",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "нядбайны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njeascjaróžny",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "неасцярожны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ośabodhan",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "অসাবধান"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "jotnohin",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "যত্নহীন"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nevnimátelen",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "невнима́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezgrížen",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "безгри́жен"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "sa.ti.laklwat",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "သတိလက်လွတ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "imprudent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "negligent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ny",
      "lang": "Chichewa",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "wosasamala"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīngshuài",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "轻率"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàyì",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "大意"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "lehkomyslný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "nedbalý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "lhostejný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "neopatrný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "skødesløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "uforsigtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "uagtsom"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "letsindig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "lemfældig"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "faruvākuḍavun̊",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "ފަރުވާކުޑަވުން"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "onvoorzichtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "onbedachtzaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "achteloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "nalatig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "onachtzaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "malzorga"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "senzorga"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "senatenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "hooletu"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "hoolimatuks"
    },
    {
      "code": "ee",
      "lang": "Ewe",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "ɖematsɔleme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "huolimaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "huoleton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "négligent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "étourdi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "distrait"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "descoidado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "descoido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daudevari",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "დაუდევარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daupikrebeli",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "დაუფიქრებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ugulisq̇uro",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "უგულისყურო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gauprtxilebeli",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "გაუფრთხილებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣indauxedavi",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "წინდაუხედავი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uq̇uradɣebo",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "უყურადღებო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "unvorsichtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "unbedacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "unachtsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "leichtsinnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "fahrlässig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "nachlässig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "säumig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "leichtfertig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aprósektos",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "απρόσεκτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aperískeptos",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "απερίσκεπτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amelís",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "αμελής"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "amelḗs",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "ἀμελής"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "oñangareko'ỹva"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "bedarkār",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "બેદરકાર"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "en neglijan"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rashlan",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "רשלן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "figyelmetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "gondatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "hanyag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "könnyelmű"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "kærulaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "hirðulaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "ceroboh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "anaireach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "neamartach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "faillitheach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "inaccurato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "negligente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "negletto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "superficiale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "spensierato"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふちゅうい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuchūi",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "不注意"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けいそつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keisotsu",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "軽率"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うかつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ukatsu",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "迂闊"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "thveihprɑɑhaeh",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "ធ្វេសប្រហែស"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "neglegēns"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "indīligēns"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "tīrere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "pakihaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "tupehau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "whakaarokore"
    },
    {
      "code": "nso",
      "lang": "Northern Sotho",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "sa hlokomelego"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "skjødesløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "uforsiktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "ubetenksom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "uaktsom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "uoverveid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "tankeløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "lettsindig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "lemfeldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "slurvete"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "carleas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "ġīemelēas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "stordì"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "schloff"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "schlopmetzich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "niedbały"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "descuidado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "desatencioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "negligente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "nepăsător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "neglijent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nevnimátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "невнима́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nebréžnyj",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "небре́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neradívyj",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "неради́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "coma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nȅmāran"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nèbrižan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "neopatrný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "nepozorný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "nedbanlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "descuidado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "irresponsable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "negligente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "dejado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "vårdslös"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "oaktsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "slarvig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "försumlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "pabaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "śraddhalēni",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "శ్రద్ధలేని"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sûm-sâam",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "ซุ่มซ่าม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-màat",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "ประมาท"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sàprâo",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "สะเพร่า"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "ihmalci"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "ihmalkâr"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "umursamaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nedbályj",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "недба́лий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "neuvážnyj",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "неува́жний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "not giving sufficient attention or thought",
      "word": "bất cẩn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "careless"
}

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