Unexacting vs Careless - What's the difference?
unexacting | careless | Related terms |
Not demanding; uncritical; not difficult to satisfy.
* 1846 , , Dombey and Son , ch. 35:
* 1864 , , The Small House at Allington , ch. 9:
* 1919 , , Sisters: A Story , ch. 1:
Not requiring precision or substantial effort.
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(lb) Free from care; unworried, without anxiety.
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*:Good-humored, easy, and careless , he presided over his whale-boat as if the most deadly encounter were but a dinner, and his crew all invited guests.
Not concerned or worried (about).
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*:"He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes.
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Unexacting is a related term of careless.
As adjectives the difference between unexacting and careless
is that unexacting is not demanding; uncritical; not difficult to satisfy while careless is (lb) free from care; unworried, without anxiety.unexacting
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Florence . . . had, all through, repaid the agony of slight and coldness, and dislike, with patient unexacting love, excusing him, and pleading for him, like his better angel!
- But Mrs Eames was a kind, patient, unexacting woman, who took all civil words as meaning civility.
- She was rarely angry; she was unexacting , good-humoured, preferring animals to people.
Industrial Prosperity at the South," New York Times , 20 Feb., p. 4 (retrieved 17 Aug. 2010):
- It . . . yields a staple which requires a very simple and unexacting process to prepare it for market.
To the Point," Reading Eagle (USA), 5 Oct., p. 16 (retrieved 17 Aug. 2010):
- His hours were not long, and his work was unexacting and physically light.