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English
Etymology
From regard + -less.
Pronunciation
Adverb
regardless (comparative more regardless, superlative most regardless)
- Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.
- Synonyms: irregardless, irrespective, anyhow, anyway, at any rate, come what may, in any case, Thesaurus:regardless
Tatiana knew the meat had passed its expiry date, but she ate it regardless.
Translations
actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Catalan: malgrat tot
- Dutch: desondanks (nl), niettemin (nl)
- Esperanto: senrigarde
- Finnish: siitä huolimatta
- French: malgré tout (fr), malgré cela, en dépit de cela, quand même
- German: trotzdem (de), dennoch (de)
- Hungarian: mégis (hu), ennek ellenére (hu), ennek dacára, akkor is, ettől függetlenül, azért is, csak azért is
- Ido: senegarde
- Italian: comunque (it), in ogni caso, nonostante (it), senza tener conto
- Spanish: en cualquier caso
- Swedish: ändå (sv), oavsett (sv), trots allt
- Ukrainian: все одно́ (vse odnó), усе́ одно́ (usé odnó), одна́ково (uk) (odnákovo)
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Adjective
regardless (comparative more regardless, superlative most regardless)
- Paying no attention to; ignoring.
1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter V, in The Castle of Otranto, , London: Tho Lownds , →OCLC, pages 190–191:Hippolita, ſcarce more alive than her daughter, was regardleſs of every thing but her: but when the tender Iſabella’s care would have likewiſe removed her, while the ſurgeons examined Matilda’s wound, ſhe cried, remove me! never! never! I lived but in her, and will expire with her.
- Taking insufficient regard of; heedless; careless.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:careless
1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Emma: , volume III, London: for John Murray, →OCLC, page 279:Always deceived in fact by his own wishes, and regardless of little besides his own convenience.
Derived terms
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Preposition
regardless
- (proscribed) Synonym of regardless of; paying no attention to.
Tatiana ate the cauliflower regardless its colour.
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Usage notes
- The phrase 'regardless to' is generally considered incorrect.
- Phrases 'regardless if', 'regardless of if' and 'regardless whether' are generally considered incorrect, with 'regardless of whether' being the preferred wording.