drop carelessly

Frequency: 7.24.5 per million words

to let something fall because you are not being careful.

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Examples (10)

  • He tends to drop his keys carelessly on the table when he gets home.
  • She carelessly dropped her phone, and the screen cracked.
  • I was rushing and carelessly dropped the pile of books I was carrying.
  • Be careful, or you'll carelessly drop that expensive vase.
  • Carelessly dropping litter on the street is a fineable offense.
  • The child carelessly dropped his ice cream cone on the sidewalk.
  • He carelessly dropped a hint about the surprise party, almost ruining it.
  • Don't carelessly drop your bag on the wet floor.
  • Absorbed in his thoughts, he carelessly dropped the letter into the wrong mailbox.
  • By the time he realized his mistake, he had already carelessly dropped the evidence into the shredder.