unheedyadj.
Now rare.
Unheedful.
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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
1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Apr. 26 Gloss. His præsumptuous and vnheedie hardinesse.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 237 Nor hath loues minde of any iudgement taste: Wings, and no eyes, figure, vnheedy haste. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Milton Epit. Marchioness of Winchester in Poems 25 So have I seen som tender slip..Pluck't up by som unheedy swain.
1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons ii. 13 in Elements Philos. So much is unheedy learning a hinderance to the knowledge of the truth.
1787 William of Normandy II. 9 He again set off for his unheedy voyage.
1919 R. Bridges in W. Caröe Tom Tower (1923) 112 Nor 'mong them was a single person..so void of scruple and unheedy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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