gondatlan

Hungarian

Etymology

From gond (“care”) +‎ -atlan (“-less, without”, adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡondɒtlɒn]
  • Hyphenation: gon‧dat‧lan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Adjective

gondatlan (comparative gondatlanabb, superlative leggondatlanabb)

  1. careless (not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes)
    Synonyms: hanyag, felületes

Usage notes
  • Not to be confused with gondtalan (“carefree”).

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • gondatlan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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