Hyphenation of careless

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word careless? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

care-less

Definitions of careless:

1.	Marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness Not careful Careless about her clothes Forgotten by some careless person A careless housekeeper Careless proofreading It was a careless mistake Hurt by a careless remark
2.	Effortless and unstudied An impression of careless elegance Danced with careless grace
3.	(usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration Careless of the consequences Crushing the blooms with regardless tread

Synonyms of careless:

adj	careless, casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory, haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, heedless, reckless, negligent, offhand, offhanded, incautious, imprudent, inattentive, incautious, negligent, superficial, unconcerned
adj	artless
adj	thoughtless, regardless, heedless, thoughtless, unheeding
adj	inconsiderate

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.