carelessness

«carelessness» in Mova's school dictionary: not paying enough attention or care, so that mistakes or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (carelessness, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Carelessness is not paying enough attention or care, so that mistakes or accidents happen. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school reports and safety talk «carelessness» is blamed for mistakes in work, fires, lost things and accidents. In stories a character's carelessness can start the trouble. The formal exam voice may say «due to carelessness».

examples

• The fire was caused by carelessness with a candle. tree →
• Most of my mistakes were carelessness, not because the sums were hard. tree →
• His carelessness cost the team a goal. tree →
• Carelessness on the road can be deadly. tree →
• Losing the key was pure carelessness. tree →
• The teacher sighed at our carelessness with spelling. tree →
• “Dear queen of my heart,” answered he, “I pray you to forgive my carelessness. tree →

note

Uncountable. Spelling: care-less-ness, with double «s» at the end. Opposite: «carefulness» or «care».

In the corpora

• "An oversight" means a mistake caused by carelessness, something someone forgot or missed.
• Losing or breaking things through carelessness means someone has to pay to replace them.
• Spoiling things on purpose in anger, or losing them by carelessness, costs money, time and sometimes someone else's work.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «carelessness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.