{
    "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)."
}