Carelessness
/ˈkɛɹləsnəs/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless. countable, uncountable
"This accident was caused by carelessness."
- 2 failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances wordnet
- 3 the quality of not being careful or taking pains wordnet
Example
More examples"The possibility that the explosion was caused by carelessness cannot be ruled out."
Etymology
From Middle English *carelesnes, *carlesnesse, from Old English carlēasnes (“freedom from care, security, carelessness”), equivalent to careless + -ness.