'Heedlessness' definitions:
Definition of 'heedlessness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) [syn: inattentiveness, heedlessness] [ant: attentiveness, heed, paying attention, regard]
noun
The trait of acting rashly and without prudence [syn: heedlessness, mindlessness, rashness]
noun
The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities [syn: unmindfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency] [ant: heedfulness, mindfulness]
Definition of 'Heedlessness'
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]