🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

不注意

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fuchūi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Carelessness/ˈkɛə.ləs.nəs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼の不注意が問題を引き起こした。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being careless; lack of attention or concern.

    "His carelessness in handling the fragile items led to several breakages."
  2. 2

    An act or instance of being careless.

    "The report highlighted the carelessness that resulted in the accident."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English 'carleas', combining 'caru' (sorrow, anxiety, concern) and the suffix '-leas' (less, lacking), evolving to denote the state of not caring or paying attention. Historically, it shifted from meaning free from worry or anxiety to its modern pejorative sense of acting without sufficient thought or caution.

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