Heedlessness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heedlessness
       n 1: a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
            [syn: {inattentiveness}] [ant: {attentiveness}]
       2: the trait of acting rashly and without prudence [syn: {mindlessness},
           {rashness}]
       3: the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
          [syn: {unmindfulness}, {inadvertence}, {inadvertency}]
          [ant: {mindfulness}, {mindfulness}]