How to Use careless in a Sentence

careless

1 of 2 adjective

• She was careless with my things.
• It was a careless mistake.
• He is a careless worker.
• Three heists in the space of a year does start to look careless.
  — Lionel Laurent, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
• Who would be so careless to leave such a mess behind?
  — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
• Critiquing a careless turnover or dumb shot?
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
• One way to stop a careless remark is to take it at face value.
  — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020
• Germany would not be so careless as to make the same mistake.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 17 June 2018
• Too careless with the football.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
• This was reckless and careless.
  — Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2026
• The Padres were reckless on the bases one day and careless in the next.
  — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
• In the field and on the bases, careless errors proved costly.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2021
• But being hard on your gear isn’t the same as being careless with your gear.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Dec. 2023
• Johnson failed to make a run and fell back with careless bogeys along the back nine.
  — Doug Ferguson, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Feb. 2021
• No steals against the Warriors, who are known to be careless with the ball?
  — Bud Shaw, cleveland.com, 3 June 2017
• Plus, Dart had a careless fumble.
  — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
• Yet George has also never been more careless with the ball than this month.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2021
• In short, think relaxed—but never careless.
  — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 23 Apr. 2026
• And really, who can trust that none of their hundreds of friends is careless?
  — Cynthia Lee, Vox, 18 Apr. 2018
• The idea that Biden is sometimes careless with his words persists.
  — Author: Neena Satija, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2019
• Careless sure, but the letter was not close to equally as careless.
  — Rebecca Tauber, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
• Michkov was also his typical careless self with the puck that night, too.
  — Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
• For decades, the Mai Tai had been slapped around by careless bartenders.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025
• The sound system was too poor, and the announcers were too careless.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Sep. 2021
• Perez picked off a careless Chacin, who had ventured too far off third base on a ball in the dirt.
  — Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 10 June 2017
• Hopkins was careless with the football, holding it with just one hand.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2022
• There are downsides to her carefree and careless approach to fame.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 20 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 error could be something small and careless, like a misspelled name.
  — Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022
• This makes the prime minister look weak and careless, rather than strong and stable.
  — Henry Porter, The Hive, 25 May 2017

care less

2 of 2 phrase

• Taylor Sheridan couldn't care less what critics think about his work.
  — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
• The Texans' run defense has been stout, but the Cowboys couldn’t care less about that.
  — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
• Investors will care less about AI and more about better decisions.
  — George Achilleos, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
• Few things feel more difficult in the moment, but the rest of the world likely has no idea what’s happening and could not care less.
  — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026
• Republican voters care less about labels than about whether politicians can make their lives more affordable, Vang added.
  — Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
• But, unlike during the pandemic, home buyers will care less about outdoor space and focus more on indoor space where the air quality is controllable.
  — Daryl Fairweather, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
• In many cases, remote and hybrid professionals care less about proximity to corporate cities than about lifestyle.
  — Justin Donald, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026