CARELESS, a. [care and less. See Loose.] 1. Having no care; heedless; negligent; unthinking; inattentive; regardless; unmindful; followed by of or about; as a careless mother; a mother careless of or about her children, is an unnatural parent.2. Free from care or anxiety; whence, undisturbed; cheerful.Thus wisely careless, innocently gay.3. Done or said without care; unconsidered; as a careless throw; a careless expression.4. Not regarding with care; unmoved by; unconcerned for; as, careless of money; careless of consequences.5. Contrived without art.
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