unheedfuladj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈhiːdf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˌənˈhidfəl/ Heedless.
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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
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Piii/2 Vnheedful, incautus.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vi. 11 Vn-heedfull vowes may heedfully be broken. View more context for this quotation
1631 P. Heylyn Hist. St. George 28 Some secret venome, which the unheedfull Reader may swallow unawares.
1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber vii. 139 He so often lost the Value of them, by an unheedful Confidence.
1782 E. Blower George Bateman II. 171 The glassman, unheedful of his threats, picked up the half-crown.
1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 25 The toil-worn horse,..Unheedful of the pasture.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 31 As once we met Unheedful, though beneath a whispering rain [etc.].
Derivatives
unˈheedfully adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adverb]
unheedily1596
unattentively1611
unheedfullya1616
heedlesslya1682
unobservantly1733
inattentively1748
unheedingly1787
vaguely1828
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > carelessly or heedlessly
unadvised1420
wildly1548
unrespectively1586
regardlessly1590
unheedily1596
unheedfullya1616
disregardfully1640
unmindfullya1653
inadvertently1678
non-attendingly1678
heedlesslya1682
unregardedly1685
inadvertingly1715
inattentively1748
unheedingly1787
slap-bang1829
regardless1872
merrily1906
blithely1921
slap-happily1969
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. ii. 3 Would'st thou then counsaile me to fall in loue? Luc. I Madam, so you stumble not vnheedfully . View more context for this quotation
unˈheedfulness n.
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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
1586 W. Webbe tr. Horace in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. K.iii Such errours doo happen..by vnheedefulnes, when one escapeth them by negligence.
1607 N. Breton Poste with Packet Madde Lett. (new ed.) I. sig. H3v I know, you..therefore doe thus kindlie touch the hurt of vnheedfulnesse.
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