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How to pronounce carelessly in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms incautiously


one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands.
Type Words
Synonyms raffishly, rakishly
Type Words
Synonyms heedlessly


carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment.

Examples of carelessly

carelessly
So have the literary editors of the nationals carelessly ignored a literary gem?
From the telegraph.co.uk
Even so, recipients can be fined or arrested for discarding leaflets carelessly.
From the time.com
They're overbearing, carelessly told, and gang-written into incomprehensibility.
From the theatlantic.com
When Miller finished, he had carelessly forgotten to name the Green Bay Packers.
From the jsonline.com
Glenn has indicated changes will come if his team continues to play carelessly.
From the toledoblade.com
As we've noted before, dashes and colons can cause problems if used carelessly.
From the afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com
This makes you look inwards and behave both more selfishly and more carelessly.
From the abcnews.go.com
Racism is not a word thrown around carelessly in this politically correct city.
From the chron.com
But it was late in the session and a tired East carelessly discarded a diamond.
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More examples
  • Without care or concern; "carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment"
  • Incautiously: without caution or prudence; "one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands"
  • Rakishly: in a rakish manner; "she wore her hat rakishly at an angle"
  • (careless) marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"
  • Careless(p): (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration; "careless of the consequences"; "crushing the blooms with regardless tread"
  • (carelessness) the quality of not being careful or taking pains
  • (carelessness) negligence: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
  • (Careless (album)) Careless is Micky & the Motorcars' third album. It was released in May of 2006. The last track (hidden) features a member of the band doing an Elvis impersonation.
  • (Careless (novel)) Careless is a 2006 novel by Australian author Deborah Robertson.