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Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity. Regardless of the bliss wherein he sat. Milton.

Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.

n from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement. "Hours of careless relaxation." Macaulay.

or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow. Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness. Milton. These nervous, bold; those languid and remiss. Roscommon. Its motion becomes…

In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.

Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless. Sir K. Digby. He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine, With his huge neck aslant. Cowper.

Careless; reckless. [Obs.] Dryden. --- Retch"less*ly, adv. -- Retch"less*ness, n. [Obs.]

To move or play in a careless, swaggering manner, with a frolicsome air; to frolic; to sport; commonly in the form rollicking. [Colloq.] He described his friends as rollicking blades. T. Hook.

Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught. Rough diamond, an uncut diamond; hence, colloquially, a person of intrinsic worth under a rude exterior. -- Rough and ready. (a) Acting with offhand promptness and efficiency. "The rough and ready understanding." Lowell.…

Work or things made for sale; hence, work done carelessly or slightingly. Shak.

To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter. His name, scrawled by himself. Macaulay.

To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.

Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense. Macaulay.

Hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness. He means, my lord, that we are too remiss, Whilst Bolingbroke, through our security, Grows strong and great in substance and in power. Shak.

To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle. And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Milton. He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants. Arbuthnot.

To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]

To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. [Written also slaver, and slobber.]

In a bold, careless manner; at random. [Colloq.]

ith an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly. Hewing and slashing at their idle shades. Spenser.

To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful. Ray.