heedlessness
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (3)
- a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)Synonyms: inattentivenessOpposite attentivenessType of inattention
- the trait of acting rashly and without prudenceSynonyms: mindlessnessrashnessType of imprudenceKinds lightheadedness
- the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilitiesSynonyms: unmindfulnessinadvertenceinadvertencyType of attentiveness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“heedlessness” is listed under Heedless.
Heed′less adjective
Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.
O, negligent and heedless discipline!— William Shakespeare
The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so.— Edmund Waller
— Heed′wb-a1′>′less·ly, adverb — Heed′wb-a1′>′less·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54