unheededadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈhiːdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈhidᵻd/ a. (un- prefix1 2.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adjective] > unheeded, unregarded
unmissedc1440
unminded1546
unscanned1577
unheeded1611
untouched1726
unconned1737
ignored1848
untapped1889
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless > unheeded
forgotten1429
unlooked1517
unrespecteda1586
unregarded1595
unrespect1602
unheeded1611
unthought1640
regardless1697
unattended1768
uncounted1783
untented1791
unrecked1808
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Improuveu, vnprouided for,..vnheeded, vnthought vpon.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxviii. 320 Whether it were due to any unheeded accident, or to the exsuction of the Air.
1736 T. Gray Let. 8 May in Corr. T. Gray & W. Mason (1853) 3 He..scornful flung th' unheeded weight Aloof.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. v. 336 A good meal was neither an uncommon nor an unheeded article.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. iv. 83 Pain, whose unheeded and familiar speech Is howling.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel (1876) 326 Only one or two raised an unheeded doubt.
b. In predicative use.
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1682 T. Creech tr. Lucretius De natura rerum iv. 126 The fleeting Images, Unseen,..unheeded, cease.
1709 M. Prior Henry & Emma 666 Succeeding Years their happy Race shall run; And Age unheeded by Delight come on.
1783 G. Crabbe Village i. 20 His drooping patient,..long unheeded, knows remonstrance vain.
1824 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline II. 221 [She] left them when she found that her warning to take rest passed unheeded.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 31 He cannot let the thought..pass away unheeded and unexamined.
Derivatives
unˈheededly adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [adverb] > without being noticed
unheededly1818
notelessly1830
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > carelessly or heedlessly > unheeded
unheededly1818
1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lxiii. 34 And such the phrenzy,..that, beneath the fray, An earthquake reel'd unheededly away.
1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 24 Day, and Storm, and Calm,..Treading each other's heels, unheededly.
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