Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no care; free from care.
- Taking no care; not watchful; incautious.
- Producing no care.
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- adjective
Not careful .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I myself have been very uncareful with my identity and it has made things problematic for me.
My opinion on the whole Blizzard Real ID issue nathreee 2010
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They were a step up from the dreaded “spoonful of oil” previous generations were subjected to, but the caps had an oily feel to them and their fishy contents were only an uncareful bite away from spilling into my mouth, which happened at least once.
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Further, what I would object to is the uncareful comment that “all property is tainted.”
Three notes for the critics of the critics of apologists for Wal-Mart 2009
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I believe that even an uncareful search would have yielded this information.
Attacked by Drudge and Malkin, Gwen Ifill breaks an ankle. Ann Althouse 2008
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I am amazed he was so uncareful about how he went about this illigal activities!
Think Progress » BREAKING: After Indictment, DeLay Grossly Distorts Role With TRMPAC 2005
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A quick uncareful read of this could lead you think she wants the troops to start coming home by sometime in 2007.
Archive 2006-08-01 2006
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It is the uncareful ID critics that misunderstand the term “naturalism” and/or deliberately conflate the two meanings for rhetorical advantage.
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It is the uncareful ID critics that misunderstand the term “naturalism” and/or deliberately conflate the two meanings for rhetorical advantage.
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But whoever listed this object was uncareful: it is listed as "sandstone."
The Book of the Damned Charles Fort
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The appearance of the guests at the moment when a heavy sorrow was oppressing Wilhelm, had, instead of dissipating his attention, irritated him and made him worse: he was fretful and suspicious, and unable or uncareful to conceal it, when Jarno questioned him about his sulky silence.
Chapter V. Book VIII 1917
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