English → Latin
“careless” in Latin
sēcūruscareless, negligent; unconcerned, untroubled, carefree; fearlessimprūdēnsignorant of; unaware; inadvertent, imprudentsocorsfoolish, silly; sluggish, inert, inactive, dull (lacking in vitality or alertness); taking no interest inincūriōsuscareless, negligent; indifferent, unconcerned; not made or done with care
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
careless
securus (unconcerned, from an opinion of safety): imprudens (from want of proper foresight, opposed to paratus): socors (stupidly thoughtless): incuriosus (wanting activity and proper care: indifferent): the enemy being thus rendered the more careless, suddenly meet the Consul Lucr., eo solutiore cura hostes in Lucretium incidunt consulem: negligens (opposed to diligens): in aliqua re negligens ac dissolutus; parum accuratus: careless in house-keeping, dissolutus ac negligens in re familiari: careless in dress, cultus corporis parum accuratus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for careless?
- The usual Latin words for “careless” are sēcūrus, imprūdēns, socors; also incūriōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.