Careless and Ready

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Careless adjective - Not paying or showing close attention especially for the purpose of avoiding trouble.

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Ready is an antonym for careless in topics: artless, without sufficient attention.

Nearby Words: care, careful, carelessly, carelessness

Ready adjective - Being in a state of fitness for some experience or action.

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Careless is an antonym for ready.

Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

Who's right is up in the air—Tash is perfectly ready to accept that strange things are real and isn't careless of her brother's fears.

Source: Properly Paranoid
Further, in a galaxy not ready for certain advanced technologies, even in face of Reapers it could be argued that the Trans-Galactic Republic got a little careless.

Source: Grey and Gray Morality aka: Gray And Grey Morality
Like a real fire, this game is deceptively simple, ready to burn careless players at a moment's notice.

Source: Pinball / Fire!

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