How to use careless in a sentence

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• I blew out my shoulder when I grabbed a heavy box in a careless way.From the entry blow out
• My shoulder blew out when I grabbed a heavy box in a careless way.From the entry blow out
• This kind of accident comes when you are careless.From the entry come
• The canvas was covered by seemingly careless splats of paint.From the entry splat
• Reese had been careless, and it had cost him his life.2013, Jake Logan, Slocum and the Yellowstone Scoundrel. From the entry rag on
• Actually some vulsum females were admixed in paratype specimens, certainly by careless mischeck of vein tc 2.1995, Esakia, page 190. From the entry mischeck
• Some of the photographs are new and interesting, but many captions are amateurish, uninformative or simply careless.1964 September, “New Books: The History of Railways. By Erwin Berghaus. Barrie & Rockcliff. 35s.”, in Modern Railways, page 222. From the entry caption
• At one period I received sufficient 'smackings' to grow callous, almost careless, about them.1961, Oswald Frewen, Sailor's Soliloquy, page 33. From the entry smackless
• There is the ultrasystematic buyer and his twin, the careless buyer.1951, Max Winkler, A Penny from Heaven, page 282. From the entry buyer
• Suddenly, the gentleman in the flies got all careless and dropped the weight.1937, Ngaio Marsh, chapter 14, in Vintage Murder, New York: Jove Books, published 1978, page 156. From the entry flies
• On every side people are becoming far too careless and negligent.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry retributionist
• British goods have often been despatched in such careless and slovenly fashion that they arrived half broken.1909 June, “Character Sketch. Sir Robert Stout; or, 'Tis Forty-Six Years Since.”, in W. T. Stead, editor, The Review of Reviews, volume…. From the entry slovenly
• One careless mistake or oversight could lead to death.2008, Walt Mueller, Youth Culture 101. From the entry prejump
• How could Blanchot be so careless as to reinstate the actative of “writing” when all action had given way to absence?2005, Dimitris Vardoulakis, “"What terrifying complicity" Jean Paul as Colocutor”, in Leslie Hill, Brian Nelson, Dimitris Vardoulakis…. From the entry actative
• One careless gesture, word, or movement caught and blown up over TV could destroy a carefully contrived image of presidentiality.2002, Kurt Lang, Gladys Engel Lang, Television and politics. From the entry presidentiality
• If the instrument was accidentally activated, the careless user had those five seconds to repush the button to put things right.2000, Garnett, Cliff, Sky Fire, Signet, page 53. From the entry repush
• Into the court you'd swanned, you dateless little pillock, if not wholly confident of winning, surely careless of losing.1997, Peter O'Toole, Loitering with Intent: The Apprentice, →ISBN, page 281. From the entry dateless
• Strictly brought up, straight backed, never careless of her person, but still as to her children, a Jellyby.1992, Bernard Shaw, Rebecca Swift, Letters from Margaret: correspondence between Bernard Shaw and Margaret Wheeler 1944-1950. From the entry Jellyby
• Careless use of filters augments this effect.1963, Ansel Adams, Natural-Light Photography, Morgan and Morgan, page 14. From the entry overintense
• Uncle can tell you some wonderful fish stories, but, boy, I've never known a guy who's so careless with the truth.1947 January 6, George O'Halloran, “Chester the Pup”, in Milwaukee Journal, retrieved 11 Oct 2011, page 2. From the entry flannelmouth
• Now that must have been almighty careless of someone, Wynn.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry almighty
• The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days. From the entry vague
• Some careless hostesses neglect to complete introductions.1921, Lillian Eichler, Book of Etiquette. From the entry discreditably
• So careless of hisself as a child.1906, The Fortnightly, page 1179. From the entry tissick
• It also encapsulates the entitlement of the white tourists exemplified by careless cultural appropriation and lack of knowledge about the land's histories.2016, Katarina Gregersdotter, Johan Höglund, Nicklas Hållén, Animal Horror Cinema: Genre, History and Criticism, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry appropriative
• Eliot's epigraph is spoken by a Trimalchio, a dinner party host who is fond of pranks, careless of accuracy, and generally undependable.2015, Allyson Booth, Reading The Waste Land from the Bottom Up, Springer, →ISBN. From the entry Trimalchio
• Ellis focuses upon the spectrum opposite that of Vollmann: young, wealthy, careless, emotionally deficient Americans (the Tom and Daisy Buchanans of the late twentieth century).2015, Daniel Grassian, Hybrid Fictions: American Literature and Generation X, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, page 27. From the entry Daisy Buchanan
• Spine-chilling tales of reiving raids are a legendary legacy of these violent times, when careless murder, theft and pillage were everyday professions.2011, Mark Richards, Hadrian's Wall Path: Two-way national trail description, →ISBN, page 102. From the entry reive
• And there were suddenly berries where there had been none before, bright red and bright blue, all with a careless water drop oblonging their form.2008, Gary D. Schmidt, Trouble, New York, N.Y.: Clarion Books, →ISBN, page 287. From the entry oblong
• Careless blogging can get you dooced.2007, Laurie J Mullins, Management and Organisational Behaviour. From the entry dooced
• So careless, light and tender now.2006, Miloš Crnjanski (translated), “Sumatra”, in Serbian Literary Magazine, number 1, Belgrade: Serbian Writers Association, →ISSN…. From the entry blushedly
• The politicaster is looking for small opportunities – for such pickings and stealings as a careless public may leave for those of his kind.2004 January 5, Samuel McChord Crothers, “In Praise of Politicians”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York. From the entry stealing
• They're always loaded, even when they're "not loaded", and if you get used to thinking of them as not loaded you're going to get careless.1998 August 5, the wharf rat [username], “Re: ATTENTION, People new to "BDSM"”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet). From the entry gunplay
• It’s not pretty when a drag queen gets careless, he thought, but it was too late to do anything about it tonight.1996, Robert Rodi, Drag Queen, New York: Dutton, →ISBN, retrieved 05 Feb 2022, page 37. From the entry drag queen
• Despite their careless scholarship and a less tangible quality that some would call a tin ear for poetry, Morris Halle and S.1973, Thomas Cable, “A Garland of Pomposities: Comment on Halle-Keyser Prosody”, in College English, volume 34, number 4, page 593. From the entry explicitness
• Weldon is considered to have a very good knowledge of animals, but to be somewhat ignorant or careless of the agricultural aspect of farming.1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XXII, in Have His Carcase. From the entry agricultural
• Gaya Prasad Singh he had to admit that he did not even know its derivation: really these Government members are very careless.1925 February 27, “The Railway Budget. Presentation in Both Houses.”, in The Pioneer Mail and Indian Weekly News, volume LII, number 9…. From the entry m'yes

Meaning of careless

1. adjective Not concerned or worried (about).
2. adjective Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes.
3. adjective Free from care; unworried, without anxiety.

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Questions about careless in a sentence

How do you use careless in a sentence?

Careless is used as an adjective. For example: “Jessica was so careless that she put her shorts on backwards.”

What is a short sentence with careless?

“Careless blogging can get you dooced.”

What does careless mean?

Careless means not concerned or worried (about).