carlessness
Lacking personal transportation
Carlessness is the state of not owning or using a car, whether by choice or circumstance.
The word echoes *carelessness* but means something quite different—a deliberate or situational absence of automobile ownership: Urban carlessness is increasingly common among young professionals.
Some embrace carlessness for environmental or financial reasons; others experience it as limitation.
Capacity to endure indefinitely
- bicyclingRiding a two-wheeler
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- public-transitShared community transportation systems
- pedestrianOne traveling afoot
eco-friendly · subway · commute · carpool · footpath · ride-sharing · environmentalism · walkability
Acting without considering consequences
- risk-takingAccepting possible harm
- heedlessnessFailure to notice danger
- foolhardinessReckless bravery, unwise daring
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
impetuousness · unthinking · brashness · incaution · temerity · hastiness · precipitousness · thoughtlessness
Absence of feeling
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness
dispassion · impassivity · unresponsiveness · disengaged · nonchalance · insouciance · coolness · equanimity
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- neglectFailure to provide care
- omissionFailure to include
- unmindfulnessLack of conscious attention
inadvertence · irresponsibility · laxity · dereliction · disregard · sloppiness · remissness · thoughtlessness
sustainability
Capacity to endure indefinitely
- bicyclingRiding a two-wheeler
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- public-transitShared community transportation systems
pedestrian · eco-friendly · subway · commute · carpool · footpath · ride-sharing · environmentalism · walkability · transit-oriented
impulsivity
Acting without considering consequences
- risk-takingAccepting possible harm
- heedlessnessFailure to notice danger
- foolhardinessReckless bravery, unwise daring
rashness · impetuousness · unthinking · brashness · incaution · temerity · hastiness · precipitousness · thoughtlessness · imprudence
apathy
Absence of feeling
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
aloofness · dispassion · impassivity · unresponsiveness · disengaged · nonchalance · insouciance · coolness · equanimity · composure
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- neglectFailure to provide care
- omissionFailure to include
unmindfulness · inadvertence · irresponsibility · laxity · dereliction · disregard · sloppiness · remissness · thoughtlessness · inattentiveness
carlessnesscar ownership
Legally having a vehicle
vehicle ownership · car dependency · motorization · car culture
carlessnesscarefulness
Quality of being thorough
care · diligence · attentiveness · meticulousness · thoroughness
car, carless, cars, care, careful, carefully, carefulness, careless, carelessly