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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. marked by or paying little heed or attention;
- Example: "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt;
- Example: "heedless of danger"
- Example: "heedless of the child's crying"
[syn: heedless, unheeding]

2. characterized by careless unconcern;
- Example: "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton
- Example: "reckless squandering of public funds"
[syn: heedless, reckless]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Heedless \Heed"less\, a.
   Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless;
   unobservant.
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         O, negligent and heedless discipline!    --Shak.
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         The heedless lover does not know
         Whose eyes they are that wound him so.   --Waller.
   -- Heed"less*ly, adv. -- Heed"less*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

heedless
    adj 1: marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have
           always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals;
           we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D.
           Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's
           crying" [syn: heedless, unheeding] [ant: attentive,
           heedful, paying attention, thoughtful]
    2: characterized by careless unconcern; "the heedless generosity
       and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large
       fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public
       funds" [syn: heedless, reckless]