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un|care|ful
un|care|ful «uhn KAIR fuhl», adjective.
1. careless: »

Thus, all that we suspected as likely to happen under an uncareful program of disarmament did happen (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).

2. not taking any thought (of).
3. free from care; untroubled: »

One of the…most uncareful interludes of my life (Hawthorne).


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