heedless

English

Etymology

heed +‎ -less

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːdləs/

Adjective

heedless (comparative more heedless, superlative most heedless)

1. Unaware, without noticing; inattentive; careless.

   Antonym: heedful

   Sing we joyous, all together, heedless of the wind and weather.

   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314, page 0124:

     "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. […] A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.

Derived terms

• heedlessly
• heedlessness

Translations

unaware, without noticing

• Bulgarian: небрежен (bg) (nebrežen), непредпазлив (bg) (nepredpazliv)
• Danish: ubetænksom, ubesinding, uden hensyn til
• Dutch: onbewust (nl), onoplettend (nl), slordig (nl)
• Finnish: piittaamaton (fi), piittaamatta, välittämättä
• French: insouciant (fr) m, inattentif (fr) m, négligent (fr) m
• Galician: distraído m, descoidado m, desatento m, desconsiderado m
• German: unachtsam (de), achtlos (de), nicht beachtend, unaufmerksam, unaufmerksam, nicht beachtend, unachtsam (de)
• Greek: αδιάφορος (el) m (adiáforos)
• Hiligaynon: buhahâ, dimainandamon

• Irish: anaireach
• Italian: sventato (it), disavveduto
• Latin: indīligens, temerārius (la), inconsīderātus
• Maori: mākūare, mātotoru, hautāruru, pokanoa
• Persian: بی‌پروا‎ (fa) (bi-parvâ)
• Romanian: nepăsător (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: eas-umhail
• Spanish: negligente (es), inconsiderado (es), indiligente, desatento (es) m, distraído (es) m, despistado (es) m
• Swedish: oaktsam (sv)