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heedless Definition

heed·less (hēdlis)

adjective

not taking heed; careless; unmindful

heedless Related Forms
heed·lessly adverb heed·less·ness noun
heedless Synonyms

heedless

modif.

heedless Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • danger: Frustrated, he put the magical helm upon his head, heedless of the dangers that represented.
  • fact: They start to strip the planet systematically, heedless of the fact that they are having a devastating effect on the ecological balance.
  • traffic: He was losing concentration and wandering all over the village heedless of the traffic.

Modifies a noun

  • fellow: I also met a young man from Sicily, named Paterno, the wildest and most heedless fellow it was possible to see.
  • folly: She is not actuated by malevolence, but sheer, heedless folly.
  • air: Ohio and passing chuntered on heedless airs on the.
  • man: The next day the dead horses were washed to shore, but the heedless man 's body never was found.

Modifying Another Word

  • apparently: Bert sat crumpled up in the corner, apparently heedless of him.

Browse dictionary entries near heedless

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