Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From vård (care) +‎ -s- +‎ -lös.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /²voːr(d)sˌløːs/

Adjective edit

vårdslös (comparative vårdslösare, superlative vårdslösast)

  1. careless (not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes), negligent

Declension edit

Inflection of vårdslös
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vårdslös vårdslösare vårdslösast
Neuter singular vårdslöst vårdslösare vårdslösast
Plural vårdslösa vårdslösare vårdslösast
Masculine plural3 vårdslöse vårdslösare vårdslösast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vårdslöse vårdslösare vårdslösaste
All vårdslösa vårdslösare vårdslösaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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References edit

  • vårdslös”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy][1] (in Swedish), 1937