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English Dictionary: heedless by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heedless
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): heedless, unheeding
    Antonym(s): attentive, heedful, paying attention, thoughtful
  2. characterized by careless unconcern; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds"
    Synonym(s): heedless, reckless
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heedless \Heed"less\, a.
      Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless;
      unobservant.
  
               O, negligent and heedless discipline!      --Shak.
  
               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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