Example sentences for: carelessness

How can you use “carelessness” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • … The chances of failure are, alas, much greater, and two in a row look like carelessness."

  • We, the American public, tireless in our pursuit of the costless benefit, loath to accept the randomly aimed slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, ever ready to shift the blame for our own laziness or carelessness to someone else--preferably someone with deep pockets.

  • An insouciant, infantile carelessness seems to be the desired effect, even if a well-tailored suit is covering a well-tended body below the helter-skelter head.

  • Franklin Roosevelt used the term sixth column in 1942 to refer to rumor-mongerers, hoarders, and others who unwittingly hampered the war effort; the term seventh column was applied later to those whose carelessness led to industrial accidents.

  • I thank Joe Conason for pointing out my errors, and I apologize to the readers of S late for my carelessness.


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