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{
"term": "careless",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "not giving enough attention and thought to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes",
"sensetop": "it is careless of somebody to do somethingit is careless to do somethingcareless of somebodycareless with somethingcareless about somethingcareless about doing something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "careless driving"
},
{
"text": "a careless worker/driver"
},
{
"text": "It was careless of me to leave the door open.",
"contextForm": "it is careless of somebody to do something"
},
{
"text": "It would be careless to ignore the risks.",
"contextForm": "it is careless to do something"
},
{
"text": "Losing my phone again was very careless of me.",
"contextForm": "careless of somebody"
},
{
"text": "He's very careless with money.",
"contextForm": "careless with something"
},
{
"text": "Don't be so careless about spelling.",
"contextForm": "careless about something"
},
{
"text": "People have become increasingly careless about revealing personal information online.",
"contextForm": "careless about doing something"
},
{
"text": "She had begun to grow careless."
},
{
"text": "Try not to be so careless in the future."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "rather", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "of", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "resulting from a lack of attention and thought",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a careless mistake/error"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "rather", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "of", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "not at all worried about something",
"sensetop": "careless of something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He seemed careless of his own safety."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "rather", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "of", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "not showing interest or effort",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She gave a careless shrug."
},
{
"text": "a **careless laugh/smile**"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkeələs/",
"audio": "ca/careless/careless__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkerləs/",
"audio": "ca/careless/careless__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English carlēas ‘free from care’ (see care, -less)."
}