Hypertext Webster Gateway: "heedless"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Heedless \Heed"less\, a.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
heedless
adj 1: marked by or paying little heed or attention; "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" [syn: {thoughtless},
{unheeding}] [ant: {heedful}]
2: characterized by careless unconcerned; "the heedless
generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used
to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering
of public funds" [syn: {reckless}]
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