Heedless

Definitions: Heedless

Heedless

Adjective

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".

2. Characterized by careless unconcerned; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds".

Date "heedless" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Heedless

Synonyms: reckless (adj), thoughtless (adj), unheeding (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: heedful (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Inattention	Adjective: inattentive; unobservant, unmindful, heedless, unthinking, unheeding, undiscerning; inadvertent; mindless, regardless, respectless, listless; (indifferent); blind, deaf; bird-witted; hand over head; cursory, percursory; giddy-brained, scatter-brained, hare-brained; unreflective, unreflecting, ecervele; offhand; dizzy, muzzy, brainsick; giddy, giddy as a goose; wild, harum-scarum, rantipole, highflying; heedless, careless; (neglectful).
Neglect	Adjective: neglecting; Verb: unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless, careless, thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss; feebleness.
Oblivion	Forgetful, oblivious, mindless, Lethean; insensible; to the past; heedless.
Rashness	Adjective: rash, incautious, indiscreet; imprudent, improvident, temerarious; uncalculating; heedless; careless; (neglectful); without ballast, heels over head, head over heels; giddy; (inattentive); wanton, reckless, wild, madcap; desperate, devil-may-care.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Heedless

English words defined with "heedless": accidental ♦ Disregardful ♦ forgetfulness, Forgetter ♦ Hare'brained' ♦ inadvertent, Incircumspect, Inobservant ♦ reckless ♦ Shatter-pated, Spalt ♦ thoughtless, tramping, trampling ♦ Unconsiderate, unheeding, Unheedy. (references)

Specialty definitions using "heedless": All is not gold that glitters or glisters, Ambush. (references)

Etymologies containing "heedless": Unconsiderate, Unheedy. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Heedless Moths (1921)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Heedless Hearts (reference) The Singular Life Story of Heedless Hopalong (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Phaedrus	That it is unwise to be heedless ourselves while we are giving advice to others, I will show in a few lines.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Woodrow Wilson	1913-1921	But we were very heedless and in a hurry to be great.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Heedless" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Heedless" is used about 58 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	58	44,427

Expressions using "heedless": be heedless of ♦ be heedless of danger ♦ heedless of. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "heedless"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i shkujdesur (blind, carefree, careless, casual, cavalier, devil may care, downbeat, easy, easygoing, fast, forgetful, happy go lucky, improvident, inadvertent, incautious, inobservant, lax, light hearted, lightsome, neglectful, negligent, remiss, slack, slaphappy, slipshod, thoughtless, traipse, trapes, unclean, unconcerned, unkempt, unladylike, unmindful, untidy), i pavëmendshëm (absentminded, careless, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious, oblivious, regardless, unattending). (various references)

Arabic		‏مهمل (abandoned, antiquated, careless, derelict, deserted, discarded, disregarded, disregardful, disused, forgetful, forgotten, forsaken, ignored, in disuse, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, left out, left over, neglected, neglectful, negligent, no longer of use, obsolete, omitted, out of use, outdated, reckless, refuse, regardless, remiss, slack, sloven, unpointed, waste), ‏متهور (audacious, blind, blindfold, blindfolded, brash, careless, daredevil, daredevilry, desperate, devil may care, excessive, extravagant, foolhardy, harum scarum, hasty, headlong, heady, hot-headed, immaterial, impetuous, impish, imprudent, impulsive, inconsiderate, light-headed, madcap, precipitate, precipitous, rash, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, too hasty, unrestrained, unwary), ‏مستهتر (careless, gay, inconsiderate, irresponsible, licentious, light minded, loiterer, pleasure-seeking, reckless, thoughtless, uninhibited, unrestrained, wanton), ‏غافل (asleep, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, incurious, insensible, oblivious, regardless, thriftless, unmindful, unthinking, unwary), ‏طائش (bad, careless, flighty, foolhardy, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, hasty, impetuous, imprudent, inadvertent, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, libertine, light, light minded, light-headed, lunatic, mad, madcap, muddle-headed, popinjay, random, rash, rattle-brained, reckless, scatter-brain, scatter-brained, scatty, stray, stunned, thoughtless, unadvised, unwise). (various references)

Bulgarian		необмислен (blind, crude, hasty, ill-considered, ill-judged, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, inconsiderate, light hearted, light-headed, overbold, precipitate, precipitatious, rash, reckless, snap, thoughtless, unadvised, unconsidered, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, wild), небрежен (careless, casual, floppy, lax, loose, neglectful, neglige, negligent, perfunctory, ragged, raunchy, regardless, remiss, skimpy, slack, slapdash, slipshod, slipslop, sloppy, slovenly, thoughtless, unheeding, untidy), непредпазлив (imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, unguarded, unwary). (various references)

Chinese		不注意 (inattention), 不小心 (careless). (various references)

Czech		nepozorný (inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, thoughtless), neopatrný (careless, imprudent, incautious, uncanny, unwary), lehkomyslný (airy, featherbrained, featherheaded, frivolous, light minded, reckless). (various references)

Farsi		بی پروا (Adventurer, Audacious, Confident, Daredevil, Dashing, Harebrained, Headlong, Heady, Impetuous, Inconsiderate, Rash, Reckless, Slapdash, Unadvised, Unscrupulous). (various references)

Finnish		huolimaton (careless, negligent, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly), harkitsematon (inconsiderate, rash, unconsidered), varomaton (imprudent, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, thoughtless), ajattelematon (hasty, inconsiderate, indiscreet, light-headed, thoughtless). (various references)

French		négligent, inattentif, étourdi. (various references)

German		achtlos (careless, forgetful, negligent, thoughtless, unheeding). (various references)

Greek		απρόσεκτοσ (careless, dabbler, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, mindless, negligent, perfunctory, reckless, regardless, slap dash, thoughtless, unguarded, unmindful, unwary). (various references)

Hebrew		מזלזל (derogatory, flippant, irreverent, pejorative), לא אכפתי (careless, indifferent), חסר �"תחשבות. (various references)

Hungarian		hanyag (derelict, inadvertent, inattentive, inobservant, inofficious, insouciant, lax, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, oblivious, perfunctory, remiss, slipshod, sloppy, slow, slubberer), figyelmetlen (distrait, forgetful, inadvertent, inattentive, mindless, negligent, perceptive, reckless, regardless, thoughtless, unmindful, unobservant, unperceptive). (various references)

Indonesian		tidak memperdulikan. (various references)

Italian		sventato (flighty, headless, light-headed, rash, scatterbrain, scatterbrained, thwarts), stordito (dazed, giddy, scatterbrained, stunned), sbadato (careless, listless, negligent, scatterbrain, scatterbrained, unreflecting), disattento (careless, inadvertent, inattentive, inobservant, listless, unobservant, unruly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		無考え (rash, thoughtless), 暢気 (carefree, careless, optimistic, reckless), 歯牙 (uncaring), 呑気 (carefree, careless, optimistic, reckless). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しが (tooth germ, uncaring), の�"き (carefree, careless, easy, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, optimistic, reckless), むか�"がえ (rash, thoughtless). (various references)

Korean		부주의한 (Careless). (various references)

Manx		meehastagh (absent, absent of landlord, absent-minded, absent-minded person, inattentive), gyn tort (incircumspection, random, rashly). (various references)

Pig Latin		eedlesshay

Portuguese		negligente (careless, derelict, devil may care, idle, inadvisable, inattentive, incurious, inobservant, lazy, loose, mindless, neglectful, negligent, perfunctory, reckless, regardless, slack, unheeding, unmindful, unwary), imprudente (audacious, brash, foolhardy, hasty, headlong, hurry, ill-considered, imponderable, imprudent, inconsistency, injudicious, rash, reckless, thoughtless, unadvised, undiplomatic, unthinking, unwary, unwise), estouvado (harvest, light-headed, madcap, reckless, thoughtless, unthinking, wrong-headed), descuidado (brainless, carefree, careless, casual, harelip, inadvertent, incautious, light minded, mindless, neglectful, negligent, perfunctory, reckless, regardless, remiss, scatterbrained, slapdash, sloppy, thoughtless, unheeding, unmindful, unthinking, untidy, unwary), cauteloso (cagey, cannie, cautionary, cautious, deliberate, gingerly, guardedly, mature, prudent, reserved, vigilant, wary, watchful). (various references)

Romanian		nepãsãtor (airily, apathetic, apathetical, apathetically, careless, casual, devil may care, easy going, happy go lucky, impassible, impassive, inconsiderate, incurious, indifferent, indolent, insensible, insouciant, jaunty, lackadaisical, listless, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, reckless, regardless, remiss, slack, slow, stolid, thoughtless, unmoved). (various references)

Russian		невнимательный (careless, distrait, inadvertent, inattentive, incurious, inobservant, neglectful, remiss, scatter-brained, unattending, unattentive, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant), небрежный (careless, casual, devil-may-care, harum scarum, inadvertent, inexact, lax, loose, loose translation, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, perfunctory, ragged, remiss, scratchy, slipshod, sloppy, unheeding, unkempt). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nesmotren (ill-advised, improvident, imprudent, inadvertent, incautious, reckless, unwary), nepažljiv (abstracted, feckless, inadvertent, inattentive, negligent, thoughtless, unheeding, unmindful). (various references)

Spanish		desatento (discourteous, regardless, unobservant, unruly). (various references)

Swedish		tanklös (blithe, brash, harebrained, harum scarum, improvident, inattentive, insensible, light, light-headed, scatter-brained, scatty, thoughtless, unguarded, unthinking), sorglös (breezy, carefree, careless, debonair, devil may care, easy, easy going, easy-going, insouciant, light hearted). (various references)

Turkish		ihtiyatsız (ill-advised, imprudent, incautious, inconsiderate, unguarded, unwary), dikkatsiz (careless, freewheeling, inadvertent, inattentive, incurious, lax, listless, mindless, regardless, remiss, slipshod, unaware, unheedful, unheeding, unobservant, unregardful, unseeing, unwary), aldırışsız (careless, devil may care, gaily, indifferent, insensate, reckless, regardless, unconcerned, unmindful, unobliging), önemsemeyen (unaware). (various references)

Ukranian		недбалий (careless, casual, dishonest, inattentive, lax, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, oscitant, overly, slovenly, unguarded), безтурботний (carefree, careless, cavalier, devil may care, easygoing, effortless, gay, happy go lucky, inadvertent, jaunty, light hearted, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, placid, rollicking, serene, unconcerned, watchless). (various references)

Vietnamese		không lưu ý (careless), không chú ý (careless, inattentive, mind, uninterested, unmindful), không để ý (careless, indifferent, unmindful). (various references)

Welsh		anystyriol (rash, reckless). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	inmemor, neglegens, neglegentia, securus, temerarus, temerarus, temerarius. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "heedless": heedlessly, heedlessness, heedlessnesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Heedless" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: heedle. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "heedless" (pronounced 'Heed"less'): Actless, Ageless, Aidless, Aimless, Airless, Aisless, Approachless, Armless, Artless, Assistless, Avoidless, Awless, Awnless, Backless, Badgeless, Barkless, Baseless, Bashless, Bateless, Beamless, Beardless, Birthless, Bitless, Blameless, Blissless, Bloodless, Bloomless, Blotless, Blushless, Boastless, Boneless, Bookless, Bootless, Boteless, Boundless, Bournless, Bowless, Bractless, Bragless, Brainless, Branchless, Breadless, Breadthless, Breathless, Breezeless, Bribeless, Bridgeless, Briefless, Brimless, Browless, Bushless, Careless, Chaffless, Chainless, Changeless, Chapeless, Chapless, Chargeless, Charmless, Chartless, Checkless, Cheerless, Chiefless, Christless, Churchless, Claimless, Clankless, Clawless, Clerkless, Cloudless, Cloyless, Coatless, Combless, Conceitless, Contentless, Corruptless, Costless, Couchless, Countless, Craftless, Creedless, Crestless, Crimeless, Crownless, Cubless, Curbless, Curdless, Cureless, Dateless, Dauntless, Deathless, Debtless, Deceitless, Decreaseless, Deedless, Defenseless, Delightless, Denseless, Depthless, Desertless, Designless, Desireless, Devoutless, Dewless, Diskless, Disputeless, Distrustless, Divorceless, Dogeless, Doorless, Dreamless, Driftless, Drinkless, Drossless, Ductless, Dureless, Dustless, Earless, Easeless, Edgeless, Effectless, Endless, Eventless, Exceptless, Excuseless, Exhaustless, Expenseless, Extremeless, Eyeless, Fadeless, Faithless, Fameless, Fangless, Faultless, Fearless, Feckless, Feetless, Fenceless, Fineless, Finless, Fireless, Firmless, Flameless, flawless, Fleckless, Fleeceless, Fleshless, Floorless, foamless, Fogless, Foldless, foodless, footless, forceless, Fordless, Forkless, formless, Fraudless, Freightless, FRIENDLESS, Frightless, Fringeless, Frockless, Frontless, Frostless, Frothless, Frounceless, fruitless, Fumeless, Funuless, Gainless, Gameless, Gateless, Gaudless, Germless, Ghostless, Glebeless, godless, Goldless, Goodless, graceless, Grapeless, Graspless, grassless, Graveless, Griefless, groundless, Guardless, Guideless, guileless, guiltless, Gustless, hairless, handless, hapless, harmless, hatless, Haveless, Hazeless, headless, Healthless, heartless, heatless, Hedgeless, Heelless, Heirless, Helmless, helpless, Herbless, Hingeless, Hireless, Hiveless, homeless, Hoodless, Hoofless, hopeless, hornless, Horseless, Hostless, HOUSELESS, hueless, Humpless, Hurtless, Importless, Irresistless, Itchless, Jointless, joyless, juiceless, Kindless, Kingless, Knightless, Knotless, Lampless, landless, lawless, leafless, Leaveless, legless, lidless, lifeless, lightless, limbless, lipless, listless, Lockless, lossless, loveless, luckless, Lungless, Lustless, Makeless, Maneless, Manless, matchless, mateless, meatless, Mightless, mindless, mirthless, Mistrustless, Moistless, moonless, Mouthless, Museless, Nailless, Nameless, Napless, Nathless, nerveless, Nightless, Noiseless, Noseless, Noteless, Oarless, Offenseless, Opposeless, Painless, Paintless, Palpless, Paneless, Pangless, Passless, Pathless, Peaceless, Peerless, Phaseless, Phraseless, Pieceless, Pithless, Placeless, Plagueless, Plaintless, Planless, Plantless, Pledgeless, Pluckless, Plumeless, Pointless, Poleless, Praiseless, Prayerless, Pretenseless, Priceless, Prideless, Priestless, Princeless, Proofless, Pulseless, Quenchless, Rainless, rayless, Reachless, Realmless, Rechless, reckless, Reclaimless, Recureless, Redeless, Redressless, Reedless, regardless, Reinless, relentless, Reliefless, remorseless, Renownless, Repentless, Reproachless, Repulseless, Reputeless, resistless, resourceless, Respectless, Responseless, restless, Resultless, Retchless, Returnless, Revengeless, Reverseless, Rewardless, rhymeless, Rhythmless, ribless, Rightless, Rindless, roadless, Rockless, roofless, Roomless, rootless, Ruleless, Rumpless, rustless, Sackless, Sailless, Saltless, sapless, Sateless, scaleless, Scapeless, Scarless, Scathless, scentless, Schismless, seamless, Searchless, Seatless, seedless, Seemless, selfless, senseless, sexless, Shadeless, shameless, shapeless, Sheathless, Shieldless, shiftless, Shipless, Shirtless, shoeless, Shoreless, Shredless, Shroudless, Shrubless, Shunless, Sickless, sightless, sinless, Skinless, Slakeless, sleepless, sleeveless, Smileless, Smockless, smokeless, Snowless, Sockless. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-h-l-s-s"
	-2 letters: heeled, lessee, seeled.
	-3 letters: deles, heeds, heels, seeds, seels, sheds, sleds.
	-4 letters: dees, dele, dels, edhs, eels, elds, else, eses, heed, heel, held, lees, less, seed, seel, sees, sels, shed, shes, sled.
	-5 letters: dee, del, edh, eds, eel, eld, els, ess, hes, led, lee, see, sel, she.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-h-l-s-s"
	+2 letters: heedlessly, steelheads.
	+3 letters: heedfulness, reschedules, sleepyheads.
	+4 letters: headlessness, heedlessness, leaseholders, needlefishes, preschedules, shirtsleeved.
	+5 letters: chesterfields, deathlessness, delightedness, heedfulnesses, reestablished, sledgehammers.
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