vårdslös

Swedish

Etymology

From vård (“care”) +‎ -s- +‎ -lös.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²voːr(d)sˌløːs/

Adjective

vårdslös (comparative vårdslösare, superlative vårdslösast)

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

Declension

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

Synonyms

• oaktsam

Derived terms

• vårdslöshet

References

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