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noncareful

noncareful adjective: not careful.

Adjective

noncareful (not comparable)

  1. Not careful.
    • ...why do female snowboarders have a higher risk of injury, why is it that the careful snowboarders and the noncareful skiers have a higher risk of injury...1999, Robert J. Johnson, Skiing Trauma and Safety

Origin of noncareful

From non- + careful.

Questions about noncareful

What does noncareful mean?
Noncareful means not careful.
What part of speech is noncareful?
Noncareful is an adjective.

Words near noncareful in the dictionary

  1. noncardiothoracic
  2. noncardiovascular
  3. noncareer
  4. noncareerist
  5. noncareerists
  6. noncareful
  7. noncaregiver
  8. noncaregivers
  9. noncarer
  10. noncarers
  11. noncaring

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