Heedlessness

Heedlessness
Heedless Heed"less, a. Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant. [1913 Webster]

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]


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  • heedlessness — heedless ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing a reckless lack of care or attention. DERIVATIVES heedlessly adverb heedlessness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • heedlessness — noun see heedless …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • heedlessness — noun The state or character of being heedless; inattention; carelessness; thoughtlessness …   Wiktionary

  • heedlessness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A careless, often reckless disregard for consequences: abandon, carelessness, thoughtlessness. See CAREFUL …   English dictionary for students

  • heedlessness — heed·less·ness || hɪːdlɪsnɪs n. carelessness, inattention, disregard; negligence …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • heedlessness — heed·less·ness …   English syllables

  • heedlessness — Carelessness or negligence. Silver v Silver, 108 Conn 371, 143 A 240, 65 ALR 943 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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