- carelessness - the quality of not being careful or taking pains
--1 is a kind of attentiveness
Antonyms: carefulness
--1 has particulars:incaution, incautiousness; negligence, neglect, neglectfulness; unconscientiousness - negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
--2 is a kind of nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
--2 has particulars:dereliction; comparative negligence; concurrent negligence; contributory negligence; criminal negligence, culpable negligence; neglect of duty; evasion, escape, dodging