'Heedless' definitions:
Definition of 'heedless'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
adjective
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]
Definition of 'Heedless'
From: GCIDE
- Heedless \Heed"less\, a. Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant. [1913 Webster]
- O, negligent and heedless discipline! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so. --Waller. -- {Heed"less*ly}, adv. -- {Heed"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'heedless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absentminded,
- airy,
- aloof,
- amnestic,
- apathetic,
- arbitrary,
- ataractic,
- blase,
- blind,
- blocked,
- bored,
- capricious,
- careless,
- casual,
- converted,
- cursory,
- deaf,
- degage,
- detached,
- devil-may-care,
- disinterested,
- dispassionate,
- disregardant,
- disregardful,
- distant,
- distracted,
- distrait,
- easygoing,
- feckless,
- flippant,
- forgetful,
- forgetting,
- free and easy,
- grasshopper,
- happy-go-lucky,
- impassive,
- improvident,
- inadvertent,
- inattentive,
- inclined to forget,
- inconsiderate,
- incurious,
- indifferent,
- inexcitable,
- inobservant,
- insouciant,
- lackadaisical,
- lazy,
- Lethean,
- listless,
- mindless,
- neglectful,
- negligent,
- nonchalant,
- oblivious,
- offhand,
- perfunctory,
- phlegmatic,
- pococurante,
- reasonless,
- reckless,
- regardless,
- repressed,
- respectless,
- shiftless,
- stolid,
- suppressed,
- tactless,
- thoughtless,
- thriftless,
- turned-off,
- unaccommodating,
- unanxious,
- uncalculating,
- uncaring,
- uncomplaisant,
- unconcerned,
- uncooperative,
- undiplomatic,
- undiscriminating,
- uneconomical,
- unguarded,
- unheedful,
- unheeding,
- unhelpful,
- uninquiring,
- uninterested,
- uninvolved,
- unmarking,
- unmindful,
- unnoticing,
- unnoting,
- unobliging,
- unobservant,
- unobserving,
- unprepared,
- unproviding,
- unready,
- unreasoning,
- unreflecting,
- unreflective,
- unremarking,
- unsolicitous,
- untactful,
- unthinking,
- unthoughtful,
- unthrifty,
- withdrawn,
- wrecking