| carelessness | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. carelessness, sloppiness | the quality of not being careful or taking pains. |
| ~ inattentiveness | the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others. |
| ~ incaution, incautiousness | the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger. |
| ~ neglectfulness, negligence, neglect | the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern. |
| ~ unconscientiousness | the trait of not being painstaking or careful. |
| n. (act) | 2. carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformance | failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances. |
| ~ nonaccomplishment, nonachievement | an act that does not achieve its intended goal. |
| ~ dereliction | willful negligence. |
| ~ comparative negligence | (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff. |
| ~ concurrent negligence | (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately. |
| ~ contributory negligence | (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence.; "in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages" |
| ~ criminal negligence, culpable negligence | (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences). |
| ~ neglect of duty | (law) breach of a duty. |
| ~ dodging, escape, evasion | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do.; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" |
| tanga | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. tanga | 100 tanga equal 1 Tajikistani ruble. |
| ~ tajikistani monetary unit | monetary unit in Tajikistan. |
| n. (location) | 2. tanga | a port city in northeastern Tanzania on the Indian Ocean. |
| ~ city, metropolis, urban center | a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts.; "Ancient Troy was a great city" |
| ~ port | a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country. |
| ~ tanzania, united republic of tanzania | a republic in eastern Africa. |
| doofus | | |
| n. (person) | 1. dimwit, doofus, half-wit, nitwit | a stupid incompetent person. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ simpleton, simple | a person lacking intelligence or common sense. |
| morose | | |
| adj. | 1. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen | showing a brooding ill humor.; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" |
| ~ ill-natured | having an irritable and unpleasant disposition. |
| naive | | |
| adj. | 1. naif, naive | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" |
| ~ credulous | disposed to believe on little evidence.; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous" |
| ~ uninformed | not informed; lacking in knowledge or information.; "the uninformed public" |
| ~ dewy-eyed, round-eyed, wide-eyed, childlike, simple | exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder" |
| ~ credulous | showing a lack of judgment or experience.; "so credulous he believes everything he reads" |
| ~ fleeceable, gullible, green | naive and easily deceived or tricked.; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love" |
| ~ ingenuous, innocent | lacking in sophistication or worldliness.; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it" |
| ~ simple-minded | lacking subtlety and insight.; "a simple-minded argument" |
| ~ unsophisticated, unworldly | not wise in the ways of the world.; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman" |
| ~ unworldly | not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations.; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards" |
| adj. | 2. naive, primitive | of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style.; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking" |
| ~ beaux arts, fine arts | the study and creation of visual works of art. |
| ~ untrained | not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training.; "an untrained voice"; "untrained troops"; "young minds untrained in the habit of concentration" |
| adj. | 3. naive | inexperienced. |
| ~ innate, unconditioned, unlearned | not established by conditioning or learning.; "an unconditioned reflex" |
| adj. | 4. naive, unenlightened, uninstructed | lacking information or instruction.; "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws" |
| ~ uninformed | not informed; lacking in knowledge or information.; "the uninformed public" |
| adj. | 5. naive, uninitiate, uninitiated | not initiated; deficient in relevant experience.; "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject" |
| ~ inexperienced, inexperient | lacking practical experience or training. |
| unthinking | | |
| adj. | 1. unreflective, unthinking, unthoughtful | not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought. |
| ~ thoughtless | showing lack of careful thought.; "the debate turned into thoughtless bickering" |
| adj. | 2. thoughtless, uncaring, unthinking | 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'" |
| ~ inconsiderate | lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others.; "shockingly inconsiderate behavior" |
| adj. | 3. lumpen, lumpish, unthinking | mentally sluggish. |
| ~ stupid | lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity. |
| adv. | 4. thoughtlessly, unthinking, unthinkingly | in a thoughtless manner.; "he stared thoughtlessly at the picture" |
| tanga | | |
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