careless mistake
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careless mistake — n. stupid mistake, foolish error … English contemporary dictionary
careless — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, get, grow ▪ She had begun to grow careless. ▪ make sb ▪ Boredom … Collocations dictionary
careless — care|less [ˈkeələs US ˈker ] adj 1.) not paying enough attention to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes, damage things etc ≠ ↑careful ▪ It was careless of him to leave the door unlocked. ▪ a careless mistake ▪ careless driving careless… … Dictionary of contemporary English
careless — adjective 1 not paying enough attention to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes, damage things etc: I had been careless and left the window unlocked. | a careless student 2 done without much effort or attention to detail: This is a very… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
mistake# — mistake vb Mistake, confuse, confound are comparable when they mean to mix up things, typically by taking one thing for another. One mistakes one thing for another when by an error of perception or of thought or as a result of a predisposition or … New Dictionary of Synonyms
mistake — 1. noun I assumed it had been a mistake Syn: error, fault, inaccuracy, omission, slip, blunder, miscalculation, misunderstanding, oversight, misinterpretation, gaffe, faux pas, solecism; informal slip up, boo boo, blooper, boner, goof, f … Thesaurus of popular words
mistake — I UK [mɪˈsteɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms mistake : singular mistake plural mistakes *** Metaphor: Making a mistake is like falling over, or like being clumsy and dropping things. She stumbled over the speech. ♦ You tripped up there: what… … English dictionary
mistake — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, colossal (esp. AmE), great, huge ▪ It is a great mistake to assume that your children will agree with you. ▪ bad, dreadful … Collocations dictionary
mistake — mistaker, n. mistakingly, adv. /mi stayk /, n., v., mistook, mistaken, mistaking. n. 1. an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc. 2. a misunderstanding or… … Universalium
mistake — mis•take [[t]mɪˈsteɪk[/t]] n. v. took, tak•en, tak•ing 1) an error in action, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc 2) a misunderstanding or misconception 3) to regard or identify wrongly as… … From formal English to slang
