Was heißt »fahr­läs­sig« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv »fahr­läs­sig« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • careless
  • negligent
  • reckless

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Es war fahrlässig von ihm, einen solchen Fehler zu machen.

It was careless of him to make such a mistake.

Synonyme

ge­dan­ken­los:
thoughtless
nach­läs­sig:
oblivious
sorg­los:
carefree
un­acht­sam:
distracted

Antonyme

ab­sicht­lich:
intentional
on purpose
vor­sätz­lich:
intentional
wis­sent­lich:
knowingly

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Why are people so careless?

  • How could you be so careless?

  • Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

  • I didn't think you would be so careless.

  • I didn't think you'd be so careless.

  • Tom was very careless.

  • Tom was careless.

  • Tom is very careless.

  • Tom is careless, isn't he?

  • Tom is reckless, isn't he?

  • Tom is very reckless, isn't he?

  • That was very careless of you.

  • I admit that I've been careless.

  • It was very careless of you!

  • Tom showed reckless disregard for Mary's feelings.

  • A sober-minded man adapts himself to outward things; a reckless man tries to adapt outward things to himself. That's why progress depends on reckless people.

  • I admit I was careless.

  • Tom is a reckless driver, isn't he?

  • We're getting careless.

  • Tom was negligent.

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: fahrlässig. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: fahrlässig. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1977009, 4665836, 4079759, 3837556, 6243579, 6250243, 6356743, 3422191, 3422190, 3417299, 3416958, 3416957, 3396426, 6664085, 3233631, 3130318, 2880352, 7183758, 7192302, 2240576 & 2239828. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR