unheedy

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ heedy.

Adjective

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unheedy (comparative more unheedy, superlative most unheedy)

  1. (obsolete) Incautious; precipitate; heedless.
    Antonym: heedy
    • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
      Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind
      And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
      Nor hath love's mind of any judgement taste;
      Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
      And therefore is love said to be a child
      Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.
    • 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: [] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey [], →OCLC:
      So have I seen some tender slip,
      Saved with care from winter's nip,
      The pride of her carnation train,
      Plucked up by some unheedy swain
      Who only thought to crop the flower

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