unheedy

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ heedy.

Adjective

unheedy (comparative more unheedy, superlative most unheedy)

(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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
  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 M 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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