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English
Etymology
From heed + -less.
Pronunciation
Adjective
heedless (comparative more heedless, superlative most heedless)
- Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive.
- Antonym: heedful
Sing we joyous, all together, heedless of the wind and weather.
1785, William Cowper, “Book V. The Winter Morning Walk.”, in The Task, a Poem, To which are Added, by the Same Author, An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and The History of John Gilpin.">…], London: J Johnson; , →OCLC, page 221:Brutes / Ruminate heedleſs of the ſcene outſpread / Beneath, beyond, and ſtretching far away / From inland regions to the diſtant main.
1910, Emerson Hough, “The Gateway, and Some who Passed”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 21:"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. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless."
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Translations
unaware, without noticing
- Bengali: গাফেল (bn) (gaphel), বেপরোয়া (bn) (beporowa)
- 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 (de), unaufmerksam (de), nicht beachtend, unachtsam (de), rücksichtslos (de), unbedacht (de), leichtsinnig (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)
- Turkish: aldırışsız (tr), aldırmayan, dikkatsiz (tr), ehemmiyet etmeyen (obsolescent), gaflet içinde, önemsemeyen
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