Sentence examples for careless tendency from inspiring English sources

His arguments occasionally got ahead of themselves, with interpretations that outran the facts, but this was not, in the main, a careless tendency.

(In a way, it is charitable of Sullivan to think that there ought to be a better explanation, beyond a careless tendency to smash things up, for her behavior).

Ostensibly to remedy that problem, during the summer of 2001, in his capacity as a regional representative of the Naturist Action Committee — an offshoot of the Naturist Society, an organization whose membership consists of individuals whom clothing-obsessed types have a careless tendency to refer to as nudists — he founded the Friends of the Ledges.

He is able, from time to time, to display a certain delicacy -- "A few nights ago he was so impressed by the sight of his biceps in the bathroom mirror that he kissed them" -- but much of the time the writing is simply careless, showing a tendency to name things that are already well enough evoked.

Although Rafinesque's scientific abilities were recognized in his lifetime, he was also severely criticized for sometimes doing careless work and for his tendency to establish new genera and species.

People have a tendency now to be even careless with this drug.

Moral hazard is a potential cost of insurance in which the presence of insurance increases the tendency for losses to occur through careless, irresponsible or perhaps illegal behaviour [ 26].

The earlier stories can be a bit flat, suffering from Parker's tendency to match his characters' rashness with careless descriptions.

In his book, Mount recasts Kingsley Amis's idea that bad English speakers fall into two categories — Berks (crass, careless) and Wankers (priggish, overprecise) — saying that Latin readers have a dangerous tendency toward the latter.

In his book, Mount recasts Kingsley Amis's idea that bad English speakers fall into two categories Berks (crass, careless) and Wankers (priggish, overprecise)—saying that Latin readers have a dangerous tendency toward the latter.

As such, whereas women tend to exhibit more health-promoting behaviour, men have a tendency to engage in risky behaviours such as smoking, drinking alcohol, and careless driving (24, 25).