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Heedless

adjective
1.
Marked by or paying little heed or attention.  Synonym: unheeding.  "Heedless of danger" , "Heedless of the child's crying"  Antonym: heedful.
2.
Characterized by careless unconcern.  Synonym: reckless.  "Reckless squandering of public funds"



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"Heedless" Quotes from Famous Books



... be turnin' out smart enough lately, but she's consid'able heedless," answered Miranda, "an' ...
— Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... mixed, Jack sidles away toward the opposite street-corner. His movement is noted by the policeman at the exact moment that Jack again sees Oswald. Heedless of loud command to "Sthop, in the noime of the law," the youthful auctioneer of the metropolitan press heads at right angles and is soon ...
— Oswald Langdon - or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 • Carson Jay Lee

... that I must, Alan, otherwise I should scarcely—oh! you foolish Alan," and heedless of her Sunday hat, which never recovered from this encounter, but was kept as a holy relic, she let her head fall upon his shoulder and began to cry again, this time for ...
— The Yellow God - An Idol of Africa • H. Rider Haggard

... distance from the house, but not too much in one spot, and the earth should be carefully covered over afterward. Under no circumstances should it be scattered about on the surface of the ground near the back door, as heedless people ...
— Science in the Kitchen. • Mrs. E. E. Kellogg

... violently from his chair with the cross hanging loose on his breast. Then he seized hold of it, snapped the chain in two, threw the cross passionately into the stream and walked away down the garden. The four girls, with a twittering cry of excitement, rushed into the water, heedless of draperies, bent down, knelt down, and began to feel frantically in the mud for the vanished ornament. Domini stood up and watched them. Androvsky did not come back. Some minutes passed. Then there was an exclamation of triumph ...
— The Garden Of Allah • Robert Hichens


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