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Thesaurus: heedless

Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.

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  1. a. Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.
  2. adj. marked by or paying little heed or attention
  3. adj. characterized by careless unconcern
  4. Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant. O, negligent and heedless discipline! Shak. The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so. Waller. -- Heed"less*ly, adv. -- Heed"less*ness, n.
  5. Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless;unobservant.O, negligent and heedless discipline! Shak.The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound himso. Waller.-- Heed"less*ly, adv.-- Heed"less*ness, n.
  6. j:100 a. marked by or paying little heed or attention; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt s. characterized by careless unconcern