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Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (8)

adj. not alert to danger or deception; "the shrieks of unwary animals taken by surprise"; "some thieves prey especially on unwary travelers"; "seduce the unwary reader into easy acquiescence"- O.J.Campbell

unnoticing, unobservant

adj. (inattentive)

unthinking, thoughtless, uncaring

adj. without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake'"

thoughtless, unheeding

adj. marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying"

Fuzzynyms (72)

blithe, carefree

adj. lacking or showing a lack of due concern; "spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation"

rash, improvident, shortsighted, ill-considered

adj. not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt"

careless

adj. marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"

hasty

adj. excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

madcap, tearaway, brainish, hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous

adj. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)

rash, foolhardy, reckless

adj. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"

slack, loose, careless, lax

adj. lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"

derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss

adj. failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills"

blind, oblivious, oblivious of, oblivious to, unmindful of, blind to

adj. (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of; "oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform"; "oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy responsibility"

heedless, thoughtless, unheeding

incautious, careless

adj. lacking in caution; "an incautious remark"; "incautious talk"

tactless, untactful

adj. lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age"

thoughtless

adj. showing lack of careful thought; "the debate turned into thoughtless bickering"

gauche, graceless, unpolished

adj. lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"

impolite

adj. not polite

rude, underbred, ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, uncouth

adj. (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

crass

adj. (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility

indelicate

adj. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"

heedless, unthinking, thoughtless, uncaring

adj. without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake'"

rash, ill-advised, ill-judged, ill considered

adj. without careful prior deliberation or counsel; "ill-advised efforts"; "it would be ill-advised to accept the offer"; "took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations"

accidental, inadvertent

adj. without intention (especially resulting from heedless action); "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"

rash, improvident, shortsighted, ill-considered

adj. not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt"

incautious, careless

adj. lacking in caution; "an incautious remark"; "incautious talk"

negligent

adj. characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence"

rash, foolhardy, reckless

foolish

adj. devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"

Synonyms (18)

absent, absentminded, abstracted, preoccupied, scatty

adj. lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"

distracted, distrait

adj. having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety

woolgathering, dreamy, moony

adj. dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment"

drowsy, oscitant, yawning

adj. showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation"

forgetful, neglectful, forgetful of, inattentive to, neglectful of

adj. failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"

Antonyms (5)

wary

adj. marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers"

considerate

adj. showing concern for the rights and feelings of others; "friends considerate enough to leave us alone"

attentive, heedful, thoughtful

adj. taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing"

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