Reverse Dictionary: CARELESS

ADJECTIVES
► ABLELESS careless, incompetent, listless, awkward → 19C Eng. dial.
► BORIS-NORIS ► BORUS-SNORUS careless, reckless, rash; happy-go-lucky; going on blindly without any thought of risk or decency → 1863 Eng. dial.
► CASHLICK careless, rash, regardless → 1837 Sc.
► DON’T-CARE-A DAMN careless, carefree → 1916 US sl.
► DON’T-GIVE-A DAMN careless, carefree → 1927 US sl.
► DON’T-GIVE-A SHIT careless, carefree → 2000 US sl.
► EASEFUL careless, slothful; unoccupied, at rest; addicted to ease or indolence → 1611
► GATLESS half-witted, shiftless, careless, thoughtless, idle, heedless → 1893 Eng. dial.
► GATTLE-HEADED forgetful, careless, thoughtless → 1851 Eng. dial.
► GAUMLESS heedless, careless, unobservant, inattentive → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAVELESS ► GAVELLOUS careless, awkward, clumsy, inefficient → 1866 Sc.
► GLAIKIT careless, stupid, foolish → 1889 Sc.
► GLAKED heedless, careless → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HAINGLE careless, slovenly → 1825 Sc.
► HAISTERIN’ careless, slovenly → 1825 Sc.
► HAIVELESS careless, shiftless, incapable, extravagant, slovenly in habit, ill-mannered; unrefined → 1866 Sc.
► HALF-ARSE► HALF-ASS careless, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate → M19 sl.
► HALF-ARSED ► HALF-ASSED careless, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory, ineffectual, incompetent, second-rate → 1865 US sl.
► HAND-RACKLE careless, acting without consideration; active, ready → 1822 Sc.
► HAREM-SCAREM ► HARE’UM- SCARE’UM ► HARUM-SCARUM careless, reckless, heedless in action; wild, rash → 1751
► HASHY careless, slovenly, destructive → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► HAVELESS careless, slovenly; without resources, shiftless, helpless → 1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HAZY-DAZY careless, haphazard → 19C Eng. dial.
► HOT AS THEY MAKE ‘EM reckless, careless → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► ILL-KEPT careless, slovenly → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LACHES careless, lax, remiss → c1461 obs.
► LAITCHETY careless, idle, slatternly → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LALLA careless, indifferent → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LARRICK careless → 1847 Eng. dial.
► LOP-LOLLY careless and slouchy → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LUNCHY careless; as if the performer were ‘out to lunch’; characterized by habitually careless behaviour → 1967 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► MIRACULOUS careless, wild, eccentric; reckless, venturesome → 1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NEG careless, incompetent → 1969 Aust. sl.
► NEGLECTIVE careless, neglectful, inattentive → 1611 obs.
► NEGLIGENT careless, heedless, indifferent → c1440
► PERPEROUS foolish, careless → 1905 obs.
► POCOCURANTE careless, indifferent, nonchalant → 1815
► RACKETTY careless, thoughtless, wild → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACKLE-HANDED careless, rash, precipitate → 19C Eng. dial. obs.
► RANDOM careless, flighty, impulsive, uncontrolled → 1880 Eng. dial.
► RAUNCHY ► RONCHIE  careless, sloppy; inept, unskilled; awkward → 20C US World War II Air Force usage
► REGARDLESS careless, reckless, regardless of public opinion → 1894 Sc.
► REMISSFUL careless, negligent; full of remissness → 1836
► REMISSIVE careless, negligent, remiss → c1487 obs.
► RETCHLESS careless → 1904 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► SAKELESS careless, sloppy; without sense or gumption; lacking drive or energy → 1820 Sc.
► SCAMBLING careless, hasty, makeshift; untidy → 1589
► SKIMMY careless, not thorough or exact; superficial → 1893
► SLAMMOCKY ► SLAWMECKY ► SLOMMACHY ► SLOMMACKY ► SLUMMACKY ► SLUMMOCKY ► SLUMMUCKY careless, sloppy, slovenly, untidy → 1855 colloq. & Eng. dial.
► SLEATHY careless, slovenly → 1649
► SLIBBER-SLABBER very careless, negligent → 19C
► SLUMMY careless, slovenly → 1881
► TEMERARIOUS careless, reckless, heedless; unreasonably adventurous; rash, bold, headstrong → 1532
► TEMERARY careless, rash, reckless, heedless, overbold, headstrong → c1410 obs.
► TENTLESS careless, heedless → 1813 Sc.
► THRAIVELESS careless, disinclined to do anything; silly; silly-looking → 1892 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
► TOOTH-PICKING careless, nonchalant → 1814
► UNASPECTIVE careless, unregardful, heedless → 1661 obs.
► UNCANNIE ► UNCANNY careless, giddy, incautious, imprudent → 1638 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.  
► UNCHARY careless, heedless → 1856
► UNDELIBERATED careless, thoughtless; said of actions → a1674
► UNHEEDY careless, heedless, rash, precipitate, sudden → 1579 obs.
► UNRECHELEAS careless, reckless → a1225 obs.
► UNTENTED careless, heedless, unconsidered → 1791 Sc. obs.
► UNTENTIE careless, incautious → 1818 Sc.
► UNTHOUGHTY careless, thoughtless → 1972 Amer. dial.
► VARLESS careless, heedless → 1898 Sc.
► YEMELES careless, heedless, negligent → c897 obs.

ADVERBS
► ANY HOW carelessly, indifferently → M19 sl.
► CARELESSWISE carelessly → 1880
► HALF-ARSED ► HALF-ASSED carelessly, incompetently → 1920s sl., orig. US
► HALF-ASS carelessly, incompetently → 1920s sl., orig. US
► HASH-MASH carelessly and hurriedly; slap-dash → 1827 Sc.

NOUNS
► INANIMADVERSION carelessness; inadvertence, inattention, heedlessness, negligence → 1676 obs.
► INANIMADVERTENCE carelessness; inadvertence, inattention, heedlessness, negligence → c1656 obs.
► INANIMADVERTENCY carelessness; inadvertence, inattention, heedlessness, negligence → 1650 obs.
► LACHESNESS carelessness, remissness → 1481-4 obs.
► LASCHETY carelessness; laxity → 1673 obs.
► OVERLINESS carelessness; superficiality; indifference → 1653 obs.
► RETCHLESSNESS carelessness → 1904 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► RIBBLE careless, hurried work → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SLAP-DASHERY carelessness, slovenliness → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLIBBER-SLABBER carelessness → 19C
► SLIPSLOPPINESS carelessness, slovenliness → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLOP-DASHERY carelessness, slovenliness → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLOPPINESS carelessness, slovenliness → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLUMMING a performing a task hurriedly or carelessly → 1844 Aust. & NZ
► UNBESEENNESS carelessness; heedlessness → a1225 obs.
► UNBISEINESS carelessness; inattention → a1225 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ALLEY BAT a careless, promiscuous, or slovenly woman; an immoral woman; sometimes used as a general term of abuse → 1968 Amer. dial.
► AUDIE a careless or stupid fellow → 1813 Sc.
► BALLION a careless, rough fellow → 1924 Sc.
► BESOM-HEAD a careless, rough girl → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLUNDER-A-WHACK a person whose carelessness has brought on disastrous consequences → 19C Eng. dial.
► BUBBLEHEAD a silly, careless, unintelligent person → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CLUNK a careless or clumsy person → 1934 Amer. dial.
► CLUNKHEAD a careless or clumsy person → 1952 Amer. dial.
► DICKY-LURCHER a careless fellow; a person who is a ‘caution’; a dare-devil →1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FLAUNTING FABIAN a careless fellow; a swashbuckler; a swaggerer →1598 obs.
► GATTLE-HEAD a careless, forgetful, and thoughtless person →1691 Eng. dial. obs.
► GAUMLESS-TOPPIN a thoughtless, careless person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HASH a person who is careless or muddled in speech or action → M17 Sc.
► HASHER a careless, hustling person; a workman capable of getting through a good deal of work quickly in a rough and ready fashion → 1875 Sc.
► HILLBILLY a careless, slovenly woman → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JAFFLER a careless, idle man → 1807 Eng. dial.
► MOLLY PUTZ a careless, slovenly woman; a careless housewife → 1950 Amer. dial.
► NO-COUNT a careless, slovenly woman → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD FART a careless, slovenly woman → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD POT a careless, slovenly woman → 1968 Amer. dial.
► POCOCURANTE a careless or indifferent person; one who shows little interest or concern; a trifler → 1762
► RAGGIL a careless or mischievous person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RANTER a person who works, sings, or does anything in a careless, ill manner → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RAVEL-COPPIN a careless, wild, reckless fellow → 19C Eng. dial.
► RIBBLE a person who works in a careless, hurried manner → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCAPEGRACE a careless, idle, harebrained fellow (rarely applied to a female) → 1809
► SLOPDOZZLE a careless person; a sloppy person → 20C US colloq.
► SLOUCH a careless, disagreeable fellow →1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SLUMMOCKER a careless or awkward person → 1880 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq., derogatory
► SNICKET a careless, dirty, impudent woman →1867 Eng. dial.
► TAAPIE ► TAPIE ► TAPPIE ► TAUPIE ► TAWPIE a careless, awkward, untidy giddy, or scatterbrained person; generally applied to young women, occasionally to men → 1728 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TAISTREL ► TAISTRIL ► TAISTRILL a girl who tears her clothes from carelessness; a light, wanton, dirty, or careless woman; an idle slattern → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UNCONSIDERER a careless or thoughtless person → c1456 obs.

PHRASES
► HE WOULD LOSE HIS ARSE IF IT WERE LOOSE said of a careless person → c1780 sl.
► YOU’D LOSE YOUR HEAD IF IT WEREN’T SCREWED ON said of a careless person → 20C sl.

VERBS
► BALK to do anything carelessly; to leave work undone → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GO TO THE BAD to become careless, slovenly, or immoral → c1960 Amer. dial.
► HAISTER to do anything in a careless, slovenly manner; to speak or act without premeditation → 1805 Sc.
► HALF-ASS to do something in a careless or haphazard fashion → 1968 Amer. dial.
► LACHE to be careless about, to neglect, to slight; to be negligent, to lag, to loiter → a1400 Sc. & N. Eng.
► LACHES ► LACHESSE to be careless, to be idle → 1413 obs.
► MAMMOCK to leave carelessly about; to squander, to dissipate, to waste → 1870 Eng. dial.
► RANTER to do any kind of work in a careless, hurried manner → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RIBBLE to work carelessly and hastily; to do anything in a confused manner → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCAMP to do carelessly; to do work badly, inefficiently, or with bad materials; to shirk work → 1851 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.