unheedy

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ heedy.

Adjective

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

Derived terms

• unheedily
• unheediness