[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carelessness.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / carelessness

[← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/C/)

# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carelessness/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carelessness/#x1)
- Most of my mistakes were carelessness, not because the sums were hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carelessness/#x2)
- His carelessness cost the team a goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carelessness/#x3)
- Carelessness on the road can be deadly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carelessness/#x4)
- Losing the key was pure carelessness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carelessness/#x5)
- The teacher sighed at our carelessness with spelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carelessness/#x6)
- “Dear queen of my heart,” answered he, “I pray you to forgive my carelessness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carelessness/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/33-failure-and-mistakes/9/)
- [Losing or breaking things through carelessness means someone has to pay to replace them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet/19/)
- [Spoiling things on purpose in anger, or losing them by carelessness, costs money, time and sometimes someone else's work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/361-crayons-fridges-paper-planes-and-a-stolen-bike/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «carelessness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carelessness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.