Science can be dangerous when applied carelessly.
Source: tatoeba (23999)
Carelessly
//ˈkɛɹləsli//
Synonyms for "carelessly" (132 found)
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5 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 18 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- অন্ধভাবে adv (in a careless manner)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不經意 /不经意 adv (in a careless manner)
Czech
2 entries- lehkomyslně adv (in a careless manner)
- nedbale adv (in a careless manner)
Esperanto
2 entries- senatente adv (inattentively)
- senzorge adv (in a careless manner)
Finnish
2 entries- huolimattomasti adv (in a careless manner)
- muina miehinä adv (in a careless manner)
French
1 entries- négligemment adv (in a careless manner)
German
2 entries- leichtsinnigerweise adv (in a careless manner)
- sorglos adv (in a careless manner)
Hungarian
2 entries- figyelmetlenül adv (inattentively)
- gondatlanul adv (in a careless manner)
Irish
1 entries- ar nós cuma liom adv (in a careless manner)
Japanese
2 entries- うっかり adv (in a careless manner)
- 不注意に adv (in a careless manner)
Navajo
1 entries- tʼáá naʼńleʼee adv (in a careless manner)
Polish
3 entries- niedbale adv (in a careless manner)
- niestarannie adv (in a careless manner)
- nieuważnie adv (inattentively)
Portuguese
1 entries- descuidadamente adv (in a careless manner)
Russian
4 entries- безала́берно adv (in a careless manner)
- беспе́чно adv (in a careless manner)
- небре́жно adv (in a careless manner)
- хала́тно adv (in a careless manner)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nȅmārno adv (in a careless manner)
- не̏ма̄рно adv (in a careless manner)
Spanish
2 entries- desatentadamente adv (inattentively)
- descuidadamente adv (in a careless manner)
Telugu
1 entries- అజాగ్రతగా adv (in a careless manner)
Tocharian B
1 entries- enersäṅk adv (in a careless manner)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
If you drive carelessly, you will miss your turn.
Source: tatoeba (33026)
I carelessly dropped a vase.
Source: tatoeba (39930)
This tool, if used carelessly, can be very dangerous.
Source: tatoeba (57591)
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