Hypertext Webster Gateway: "heedlessness"
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)
heedlessness
n 1: a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
[syn: {inattentiveness}] [ant: {attentiveness}]
2: the trait of acting rashly and without prudence [syn: {mindlessness},
{rashness}]
3: the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
[syn: {unmindfulness}, {inadvertence}, {inadvertency}]
[ant: {mindfulness}, {mindfulness}]
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