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uncareful

uncareful adjective: not careful; careless, incautious.

Adjective

uncareful (comparative more uncareful, superlative most uncareful)

  1. Not careful; careless, incautious.
    • Once he'd spotted one operative, others came clear to him: in trees, behind logs, even staring out in one uncareful moment from the cottage itself.2014, Jeff VanderMeer, Authority

Forms of uncareful

comparativemore uncareful
superlativemost uncareful

Origin of uncareful

From un- + careful.

Words formed from uncareful

Questions about uncareful

What does uncareful mean?
Uncareful means not careful; careless, incautious.
What part of speech is uncareful?
Uncareful is an adjective.

Words near uncareful in the dictionary

  1. uncardinalling
  2. uncardinals
  3. uncare
  4. uncared
  5. uncared-for
  6. uncareful
  7. uncarefully
  8. uncarefulness
  9. uncaressed
  10. uncareworthy
  11. uncargo

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