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carelessness

/ˈkɛɹləsnəs/ noun B1
  1. Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless. (countable, uncountable) · This accident was caused by carelessness.

Plural carelessnesses

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By thy very carelessness they know that thou art a man.
The Jungle Book, p. 18 · B2
The liniment cake mistake cured me of carelessness in cooking.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 229 · C1
It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 52 · B2
“The indirect boast; for you are really proud of your defects in writing, because you consider them as proceeding from a rapidity of thought and carelessness of execution, which, if not estimable, you think at least highly interesting.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 52 · B2

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