O, negligent and heedless discipline! --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so. --Waller. -- {Heed"less*ly}, adv. -- {Heed"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
heedless — I adjective blind, careless, deaf, disregardful, hasty, improvident, imprudent, impulsive, inattentive, incautious, incautus, insouciant, irresponsible, mindless, neglectful, neglegens, negligent, nonobservant, oblivious, off guard, precipitate,… … Law dictionary
heedless — without regard, 1570s, from HEED (Cf. heed) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Heedlessly; heedlessness … Etymology dictionary
heedless — thoughtless, *careless, inadvertent Analogous words: *forgetful, oblivious, unmindful: *abstracted, absent, absentminded, distraught: frivolous, light minded, flippant, volatile (see corresponding nouns at LIGHTNESS): remiss, lax, slack,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
heedless — [adj] careless asleep at the switch*, daydreaming, disregardful, fast and loose*, feckless, foolhardy, goofing off*, impetuous, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, irreflective, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, out to … New thesaurus
heedless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing a reckless lack of care or attention. DERIVATIVES heedlessly adverb heedlessness noun … English terms dictionary
heedless — [hēd′lis] adj. not taking heed; careless; unmindful heedlessly adv. heedlessness n … English World dictionary
heedless — adj. (cannot stand alone) heedless of (heedless of danger) * * * [ hiːdlɪs] (cannot stand alone) heedless of (heedless of danger) … Combinatory dictionary
heedless — adjective 1. marked by or paying little heed or attention (Freq. 4) We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics Franklin D. Roosevelt heedless of danger heedless of the child s crying •… … Useful english dictionary
heedless — [[t]hi͟ːdləs[/t]] ADJ: oft ADJ of n If you are heedless of someone or something, you do not take any notice of them. [FORMAL] Heedless of time or any other consideration, they began to search the underwater cave... She was rummaging through the… … English dictionary
heedless — heed|less [ˈhi:dləs] adj heedless of sth literary not paying attention to something ▪ O Hara rode on, heedless of danger. >heedlessly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
