Sentence:  Because he interprets the primitive state of man as one of mere potentiality or capacity and believes that Adam and Eve were created as children , Irenaeus often seems inclined to extenuate their disobedience as being `` due , no doubt , to <WSD>carelessness</WSD> , but still wicked '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances