How to Use careless in a Sentence

careless

adjective

• She was careless with my things.
• It was a careless mistake.
• He is a careless worker.
• Some of the old careless cowboy Allen has leaked back in.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2022
• However, the Suns looked careless at both ends of the floor.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024
• In the field and on the bases, careless errors proved costly.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2021
• But then, just like in Game 5, the Warriors got careless.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2022
• The Wolverines have made careless mistakes in each of the three games this past week.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2021
• The Celtics were incredibly careless with the ball in the first half.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2021
• With 17 turnovers, their most since March 4, this was as careless as the Clippers have played in weeks.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2021
• Johnson failed to make a run and fell back with careless bogeys along the back nine.
  — Doug Ferguson, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Feb. 2021
• Ali was careless in the early rounds as the lean, 197-pound Mr. Spinks built an early lead.
  — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2021
• The Terps were careless trying to jam the ball in the middle of the field late in the third quarter and early in the fourth, but no matter.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2022
• But being hard on your gear isn’t the same as being careless with your gear.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Dec. 2023
• While the Ducks haven’t been careless with the ball, the tough Bruins defense will likely get the better of them here.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2023
• One way to stop a careless remark is to take it at face value.
  — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020
• The sound system was too poor, and the announcers were too careless.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Sep. 2021
• The longer the pandemic goes on, the more careless people are likely to get.
  — Maggie Fox, CNN, 30 Jan. 2021
• After starting the back nine with a careless bogey from the fairway, Scheffler missed the 11th green to the right and pitched to 7 feet.
  — Doug Ferguson, ajc, 11 Apr. 2022
• Yet George has also never been more careless with the ball than this month.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2021
• Not when one careless move can bring down your entire team.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2020
• Both could have been seen as OSU trying to make a play rather than just a careless mistake.
  — oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2021
• The error could be something small and careless, like a misspelled name.
  — Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022
• One or two fouls may have been suspect calls, but a couple were careless on Davis' part.
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2020
• That can be interpreted as the Suns play fast, but are careless in their haste.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2020
• There are downsides to her carefree and careless approach to fame.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2022
• That latter idea hasn’t prevented the Suns from being careless with the ball.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
• Trailing, 18-13, midway through the first half, UWM was hurt by careless turnovers and cold shooting from deep.
  — Journal Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2022
• Donald Trump, so ignorant of the past and so careless about the future, is a present-tense kind of candidate.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
• These strategies, while not foolproof, can help mitigate the growing threat posed by insiders—whether malicious or simply careless.
  — Rich Vibert, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024