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To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away. [R.] Chesterfield.

To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. We sleep over our happiness. Atterbury.

y consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.] With good hope let he sorrow slide. Chaucer. With a calm carelessness letting everything slide. Sir P. Sidney.

remove. [R.] -- To slight over, to run over in haste; to perform superficially; to treat carelessly; as, to slight over a theme. "They will but slight it over." Bacon.

Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing. Thy wit shall ne'er go slipshod. Shak.

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly. There is no art that hath more . . . slubbered with aphorisming pedantry than the art of policy. Milton.

To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss. [Obs.] Swift.

To splash or wet carelessly; as, to sozzle the feet in water. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

rugally; to be parsimonious. I, who at some times spend, at others spare, Divided between carelessness and care. Pope.

To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.

To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act.

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly. O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. Pope.

To walk or run about in a slatternly, careless, or thoughtless manner. [Colloq.] Pope.

Inattentive; careless.

Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has happened; to be unconcerned about the future. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ness, n. Happy mortals, unconcerned for more. Dryden.

Inconsiderate; heedless; careless. [Obs.] Daniel. -- Un`con*sid"er*ate*ness, n. [Obs.] Hales.

The quality or state of being unwary; carelessness; heedlessness.

Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.