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carelesse

carelesse is the obsolete form of careless.

Meaning of careless

Adjective

careless (comparative more careless, superlative most careless)

  1. Not concerned or worried (about).
    • "He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him."
      "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?"
      "This morning, before father went downtown."
      Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
  2. Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes.
    • Jessica was so careless that she put her shorts on backwards.
    Synonyms:
    negligent, reckless
  3. (archaic) Free from care; unworried, without anxiety.
    • Jessica was careless about putting her shorts on properly.

Forms of carelesse

comparativemore carelesse
superlativemost carelesse

Questions about carelesse

What is carelesse the obsolete form of?
Carelesse is the obsolete form of careless.

Words near carelesse in the dictionary

  1. Carei
  2. Carel
  3. careleaver
  4. careleavers
  5. careless
  6. carelesse
  7. carelessest
  8. carelessly
  9. carelessness
  10. carelessnesse
  11. carelessnesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carelesse (page history and authors); careless (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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