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unˈcareful, a.
[un-1 7.]
1. Not exercising care; careless, not cautious or watchful.
c1533Latimer in Foxe A. & M. (1563) 1317/1 We be secure & vncarefull, as though false Prophetes coulde not haue meddled with vs. 1592Breton C'tess Pembrooke's Loue Wks. (Grosart) I. 25/1 Vnhappy hart, that euer thee offended,..Vncarefull eare, that euer tale attended! 1604T. Wright Passions ii. ii. 58 An vncarefull Magistrate neglecteth the good of the common-weale. 1647Bp. Reynolds Passions iii. 15 An eagernesse to take in, makes uncareful to retain. 1861F. Nightingale Nursing (ed. 2) 83 Careful nursing has done in a few weeks what uncareful medical observation has declared it impossible to do in less than two years. 1867Howells Ital. Journ. xi. (1883) I. 165, I had noticed (in an uncareful fashion enough, no doubt) the great changes which had taken place in Italy.
2. Not taking any care or consideration of or for (a thing or person).
1559–60MS. Cott. Caligula B ix, Our eyes are opened, we espy how uncareful they have been of our weile at all tymes. 1572H. Middelmore in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. III. 7 So ame I not uncarefull of hir in any thinge that I maye knowe to be for hir preservation and good. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 263 Such [Gods] as are uncareful of us, and despisers of small matters, and therefore also ignorant of us. 1664Chas. II Sp. Both Ho. Parlt 6 That Bill..passed in a Time very uncareful for the Dignity of the Crown, or the Security of the People. 1882Mrs. Oliphant Lit. Hist. Eng. I. 90 A delusion..which..he suddenly adopts and sanctions, uncareful of the misery which it might produce. 1897Ch. Times 6 Aug. 135/2 The exclusiveness of official Anglicanism, un-careful of the masses, and caring only for the big purses.
3. Free from care; not anxious or troubled.
1643Quarles Emblems iv. xiii. 40 There shall thy soul possesse uncarefull treasure. 1646― Judgem. & Mercy Wks. (Grosart) I. 97/1 How hast thou liv'd O my uncarefull soule to see these prophesies fulfill'd? 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Note-bks. II. 291 This journey from Rome has been one of the brightest and most uncareful interludes of my life. 1874Ruskin Val D'Arno (1886) 117 The uncareful happiness of men clothed without labour, and fed without fear.
Hence unˈcarefully adv., unˈcarefulness.
1567Paynell Treas. Amadis of Gaule 255 [We] shall soone breake them, being thus open, and it may be through uncarefulnesse and negligence chauncing unto them. 1654–66Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 548 He began so uncarefully to thrust at my Prince. |