tentlessadj.1
/ˈtɛntləs/, U.S. /ˈtɛntləs/, Scottish English /ˈtɛntləs/ Scottish.
Heedless, careless, inattentive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adjective]
unmindfula1382
unminda1400
mindlessa1425
indiligent1549
regardless1578
heedless1579
unheedy1579
unregarding?1585
unattentive1591
thoughtless1592
unobservant1615
unobservinga1628
tentless1636
unattending1637
inadvertent1653
inobservant1663
inadverting1678
incurious1691
wistless1747
unnoticing1751
unheeding1770
inattentive1785
unrecking1824
unnoting1826
oblivious1854
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless
getelessc1175
untimingc1350
unmindfula1382
negligentc1390
unminda1400
roughtlessa1500
respectlessa1542
indiligent1549
unheedful1570
regardless1578
heedless1579
unheedy1579
unregarding?1585
unrespective1594
neglectful1595
unregardful1598
unobservinga1628
tentless1636
disregardfula1641
unregardant1652
inadvertent1653
disregarding1659
unaspective1661
inobservant1663
unheeding1770
unobservant1775
inattentive1785
disregardant1816
unrecking1824
unminded1831
unchary1856
amelectic1879
irregardless1912
blithe1922
slap-happy1937
1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (new ed.) 1290 Oft times a tentlesse Merchant tines For buying geare be gesse.
1786 R. Burns Poems 72 I'll wander on with tentless heed, How never-halting moments speed.
1836 J. Struthers Dychmont in Poet. Wks. (1850) II. 49 I With tentless step was wont to roam.
Derivatives
ˈtentlessness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or heedlessness
rechelesteOE
yemelestc897
recklessnessOE
unbeseyness?c1225
yemeleaschipec1230
unmindinga1382
negligencec1390
rechelesshipc1390
recklessheadc1410
unadvertance1483
unheediness1486
unmindfulnessa1500
non-advertencec1540
carelessness1561
inadvertence1568
heedlessness1581
unheedfulness1586
inadvertency1592
inobservance1611
regardlessness1611
indiligence1636
unattentivenessa1649
inanimadvertency1650
non-advertency1653
unadvertency1655
inanimadvertence1656
disregard1661
inanimadversion1676
non-attendancya1677
inobservancy1677
unattention1691
inattention1710
inobservation1727
inattentiveness1753
tentlessness1883
1883 D. R. Sellars in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets 6th Ser. 157 His tentlessness he rues In calmer mood.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
tentlessadj.2
/ˈtɛntlɪs/ Without a tent or tents; having no tent.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [adjective] > of people: without tents
tentless1814
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [adjective] > of place: without tents
tentless1814
1814 Ld. Byron Lara ii. xi. 944 The tentless rest beneath the humid sky.
1820 H. H. Milman Fall Jerusalem (1821) 39 The wind That sweeps the tentless desert.
1901 R. Kipling Kim xiii. 354 They lay out somewhere below him, chartless, foodless, tentless.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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