† unheedinessn.
Obsolete.
Unheedfulness, heedlessness.
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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
1486 in F. J. Furnivall Gild of St. Mary, Lichfield (1920) 21 That the seid summe..by vnhedynes, blame, and neglygens of kepers..ys now diminysshed.
1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions 23 b Them yt be phlegmatick, they helpe forward, to slouth,..sleapines, rechlesse vnheedynes.
1607 R. Wilkinson Merchant Royall 9 She sailes not, but by sounding, lest by her vnheedines she runne her selfe aground.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 276 The wicked practices..whereto, through un~heedinesse the two young men had given great fomentation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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