Regardless

Definitions: Regardless

Regardless

Adjective

1. (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration; "careless of the consequences"; "the proverbial grasshopper--thoughtless of tomorrow"; "crushing the blooms with regardless tread".

Adverb

1. In spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks; "he carried on regardless of the difficulties".

Date "regardless" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonyms: Regardless

Synonyms: careless(p) (adj), thoughtless(p) (adj), disregarding (adv), disregardless (adv), irregardless (adv), irrespective (adv), no matter (adv). (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).
Insensibility	Indifferent, lukewarm; careless, mindless, regardless; inattentive; neglectful; disregarding.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I must go back and tell him what I think of him. The world must be safe so that men of all nations and creeds, regardless of color or religion, will be free to sneeze on their superiors! (The Good Doctor; writing credit: Anton Chekhov; Neil Simon) Sir, regardless of what you may have read in the tabloids, there have never been any spacecraft recovered by our government. (Independence Day; writing credit: Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich) I ain't prejudice, any man deserves my respect and he's gonna get it regardless of his color. (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) Imagine someone coming towards you who wants to kill you regardless of consequences. (Peeping Tom; writing credit: Leo Marks) That goes for ever' last one of you regardless of your race, color or your creed. (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; writing credit: Peter George; Stanley Kubrick)
Lyrics	Rap game, regardless I stack change ("Count It Off"; performing artist: Jade)
Movie/TV Titles	Carry On Regardless (1961)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Consulting Secrets to Triple Your Income: How to Start and Build a Turbo-Charged Consulting Business Regardless of Your Field (reference) High Finance on a Low Budget: Build Wealth Regardless of Your Income (reference) How to prosper in business regardless of the economy (reference) How to Raise Millions With Credit Cards: Regardless If You Are in Debt (reference) Regardless (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Carry on Regardless (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Thee Album Regardless [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Air Force members have become the targets of money lending scams out of Canada. The scams, in the form of classified advertisements in military newspapers advertised guaranteed loans, regardless of income or credit history, and charge a significant up-fro.		So then, to every man his chance; to every man, regardless of his birth, golden opportunity ... this seeker is the promise of America.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Thomas Gray	Alas! regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today.
W. Clement Stone	Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
United Nations	1948	Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Three Voices	Carroll, Lewis	Then, with an aspect cold and grim, Regardless of its battered rim, She took it up and gave it him.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Douglas Adams	said Marvin, dragging himself on regardless. "Pardon me for breathing, which I never do anyway so I don't know why I bother to say it, oh God I'm so depressed.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	She bustled about regardless of her nakedness.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	So butchers rake the tongues of bison out of the prairie grass, regardless of the torn and drooping plant.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		If visual loss occurs, however, it may be permanent regardless of treatment. (references)
		The fetal lung, regardless of its stage of development, does not play a role in gas exchange. (references)
		Obese males, regardless of smoking habits, had a higher mortality from cancer of the colon, rectum, and prostate. (references)
Business		All car registrations are measured as one unit, regardless of their price. (references)
		MOFTEC, however, is authorized to review all projects, regardless of size. (references)
		They are used almost in every office regardless of the volume of business. (references)
Children	Azerbaijan	The criminal code prescribes severe penalties for crimes against children, and in general, the young are treated with respect regardless of gender. (references)
	Morocco	While any child, regardless of parentage, may be registered within a month of birth, a court order is required if registration does not take place in that time. (references)
	Nigeria	Young girls sometimes are forced into marriage as soon as they reach puberty, regardless of age, in order to prevent the "indecency" associated with premarital sex. (references)
Civil Liberties	Singapore	The Government closely monitors political gatherings regardless of the number of persons present. (references)
	Pakistan	All citizens, regardless of their religious affiliation, are subject to certain provisions of Shari'a. (references)
	Iran	He added that he would defend the civil rights of all citizens, regardless of their beliefs or religion. (references)
Discrimination	Haiti	It does provide for equal working conditions regardless of sex, beliefs, or marital status. (references)
	Singapore	Social, economic, and cultural benefits and facilities are available to all citizens regardless of race, religion, or sex. (references)
	Macedonia	The Constitution provides for equal rights for all citizens regardless of their sex, race, color of skin, national or social origin, political or religious beliefs, property, or social status. (references)
Economic History	Brazil	Copyrights are protected regardless of whether or not they are registered. (references)
	Indonesia	Suffrage: 17 years of age universal and married persons regardless of age. (references)
	Ghana	Ghana maintains friendly relations with all states, regardless of ideology. (references)
Human Rights	Lebanon	Under the Code, bail is available in all cases regardless of the charges. (references)
	Sweden	All criminal and civil cases are heard first in district court regardless of the severity of the alleged crime. (references)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Laws in both entities require detentions for persons accused of serious crimes regardless of their risk of flight. (references)
Minorities	Albania	Every village in this zone has its own elementary-middle (8-year) school in the Greek language, regardless of the number of students. (references)
	Korea	In June 1998, the Government passed legislation to allow a female citizen to transmit citizenship to her child regardless of the citizenship of the child's father. (references)
Political Economy	Sudan	Refugees could not become resident aliens or citizens, regardless of their length of stay in the country. (references)
Political Rights	Croatia	In addition the 1991 Citizenship Law, which is disadvantageous to non-ethnic Croats, still has not been amended to create equal citizenship conditions regardless of ethnicity. (references)
	Bangladesh	The lack of democracy within the political parties that have formed governments since 1991 has resulted in a concentration of political power in the office of the Prime Minister, regardless of which party is in power. (references)
	Slovenia	Only the Italian and Hungarian minorities are considered to be "autochthonous," a legal term which applies to populations that historically have occupied a defined territory and is similar in concept to the term "indigenous." These minorities are entitled to have at least one representative in the Parliament, regardless of their population; other minority groups not defined as autochthonous, such as Roma, do not enjoy this provision. (references)
Trade	West Bank	The OPIC loan guarantee program is available to all U.S. businesses regardless of size. (references)
	Azerbaijan	This fee is payable regardless of whether the goods are exempt from customs duties or VAT. (references)
	Luxembourg	Its aim is to ensure that a manufacturer's product will remain the same regardless of when it is taken off the production line. (references)
Travel	Ukraine	Travelers must declare all cash and jewelry, regardless of value, upon entering Ukraine. (references)
	Brazil	All Brazilian visas, regardless of type or validity, are considered invalid if not used within 90 days of the issuance date. (references)
	Russia	The Embassy continues to recommend that all travelers obtain visas before traveling to Russia, regardless of the length of their stay or the purpose of their travel, including those simply changing planes at Sheremetovo Airport. (references)
Women	Thailand	Government regulations require employers to pay equal wages and benefits for equal work, regardless of gender. (references)
	Barbados	Criminal penalties for violent crimes, in theory, are the same regardless of the sex of the offender or the victim. (references)
	Malta	Women enjoy equality in matters of family law, and the Government promotes equal rights for all persons regardless of sex. (references)
Worker Rights	Indonesia	Union membership must be open to all regardless of political affiliation, religion, ethnicity, or gender. (references)
	Sweden	In some instances, unions even demand collective agreements regardless of the views and union status of employees. (references)
	Tuvalu	The biweekly minimum wage in the public (government) sector is $75.66 ($A130). This rate applies regardless of sex and age. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	But as President Bush himself has proven, you need dignity, honesty, and character in office, and you will not have corruption regardless of the system.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Dwight Eisenhower	1953-1961	Especially we pray that our concern shall be for all the people regardless of station, race, or calling.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	Voting rights and the voting booth that we debated so long back in the fifties, and the doors to public service, are open at last to all Americans regardless of their color.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	As we embark on a new course, let us put our country first, remembering that regardless of our party labels, we are all Americans.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Regardless" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Regardless" is used about 1,540 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
Adverb (general)	100%	1,540	5,311

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

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Language		Translations for "regardless"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i pavëmendshëm (absentminded, careless, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious, oblivious, unattending). (various references)

Arabic		‏مهمل (abandoned, antiquated, careless, derelict, deserted, discarded, disregarded, disregardful, disused, forgetful, forgotten, forsaken, heedless, 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, remiss, slack, sloven, unpointed, waste), ‏مهما يكن (in any case), ‏من غير إعتبار للعوائق, ‏لا ينظر للتكاليف, ‏غافل (asleep, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, incurious, insensible, oblivious, thriftless, unmindful, unthinking, unwary). (various references)

Bulgarian		въпреки всичко (after all, for all that, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still), небрежен (careless, casual, floppy, heedless, lax, loose, neglectful, neglige, negligent, perfunctory, ragged, raunchy, remiss, skimpy, slack, slapdash, slipshod, slipslop, sloppy, slovenly, thoughtless, unheeding, untidy). (various references)

Chinese		不管怎么� � (Regardlessly). (various references)

Czech		přesto (after all, all the same, even so, in spite of, nevertheless, notwithstanding, still, yet), nemající ohled, nedbající, navzdory tomu, bez ohledu na (irrespective, irrespective of). (various references)

Farsi		صرفنظراز (Irrespective), باوجودعلیرغم . (various references)

Finnish		riippumatta (irrespective of, regardless of), kuluista välittämättä (regardless of cost), johonkin katsomatta (irrespective of, regardless of), häikäilemättä (inconsiderately, regardless of others, unscrupulously). (various references)

French		quand même, indifférent, inattentif. (various references)

German		ohne Rücksicht auf (irrespective). (various references)

Greek		ασεβήσ (blasphemous, impertinent, impious, irreverent, ungodly), ανευλαβήσ (disrespectful, irreverent), απρόσεκτοσ (careless, dabbler, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, mindless, negligent, perfunctory, reckless, slap dash, thoughtless, unguarded, unmindful, unwary). (various references)

Hebrew		בלא ל�"תחשב. (various references)

Hungarian		figyelmetlen (distrait, forgetful, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, mindless, negligent, perceptive, reckless, thoughtless, unmindful, unobservant, unperceptive). (various references)

Indonesian		terlepas, tanpa memperhatikan. (various references)

Italian		senza riguardo, indipendentemente (independently), incurante (careless). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		拘らず (arch in spite of, regardless of). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かねにあかして (regardless of expense, sparing no money), かかわらず (in spite of, regardless of). (various references)

Korean		관계없 (Regardlessly). (various references)

Manx		neuhastagh (inadvertent, inattentive, oblivious, undiscerning), neugheillagh (oblivious), meerioosagh (careless, forgetful, inattentive, negligent, remiss, thoughtless, thoughtless person), gyn scansh (irrespective). (various references)

Pig Latin		egardlessray

Portuguese		pouco cuidadoso (inaudibility, inoccupation), negligente (careless, derelict, devil may care, heedless, idle, inadvisable, inattentive, incurious, inobservant, lazy, loose, mindless, neglectful, negligent, perfunctory, reckless, slack, unheeding, unmindful, unwary), indiferente (aloof, callous, chill, chilly, chippy, cool, devil may care, freezing, frigid, frosty, immaterial, impassion, incurious, indifferent, insensitive, laodicean, listless, lukewarm, negligibility, nonchalant, passive, pod, reckless, supine, unconcern, unconcerned, uninterested, unresponsive), descuidado (brainless, carefree, careless, casual, harelip, heedless, inadvertent, incautious, light minded, mindless, neglectful, negligent, perfunctory, reckless, remiss, scatterbrained, slapdash, sloppy, thoughtless, unheeding, unmindful, unthinking, untidy, unwary), desatento (carefree, careless, deaf, distraught, harebrained, inattentive, inobservant, light minded, listless, mindless, scatterbrained, unobservant). (various references)

Romanian		nepãsãtor (airily, apathetic, apathetical, apathetically, careless, casual, devil may care, easy going, happy go lucky, heedless, impassible, impassive, inconsiderate, incurious, indifferent, indolent, insensible, insouciant, jaunty, lackadaisical, listless, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, reckless, remiss, slack, slow, stolid, thoughtless, unmoved), neatent (absent minded, abstracted, abstractedly, careless, heedlessly, inadvertent, inadvertently, inattentive, inattentively, listless, neglectful, negligent, perfunctorily, scatterbrain, scatterbrains, thoughtless, unmindful), fãrã deosebire, exagerat (exaggerated, exaggerative, hyperbolic, inordinate, overmuch, profuse, steep, swollen, tall, theatrical, thick, undue). (various references)

Russian		не заслуживающий внимания. (various references)

Scottish		coma (indifferent, regardless : coma-co-dhiùbh). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uprkos tome (notwithstanding, therewithal), bez obzira na (contrary to, despite, irrespective, regardless of). (various references)

Spanish		que no merece la pena, pese a quien pese, negligente (careless, devil may care, neglectful, negligent), insensible (bloodless, cold-hearted, heartless, imperceptible, impervious, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insusceptible, irresponsive, pachyderm, pachydermatous, thick-skinned, unfeeling, unresponsive), desatento (discourteous, heedless, unobservant, unruly), a rajatabla (at all costs, by hook or by crook, exactly, strictly), a pesar de todo (all the same, considering, still, yet). (various references)

Swedish		oavsett (apart from, irrespective, irrespective of). (various references)

Thai		โ�"ยไม่คำนึงถึง, ซึ่งไม่ระมั�"ระวัง (incautious). (various references)

Turkish		ne olursa olsun (any old thing, anyhow, at all events, at any rate, in any case, in any event, irregardless of, rain or shine), kayıtsız (apathetic, apathetical, carefree, careless, devil may care, feckless, footloose, forgetful, freewheeling, impassive, incurious, indifferent, listless, nonchalant, reckless, rough and ready, unconditional, uninscribed, unmindful, unrecorded, unregistered), her şeye rağmen (against all odds, for all that, none the less, nonetheless, nontheless), dikkatsiz (careless, freewheeling, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, incurious, lax, listless, mindless, remiss, slipshod, unaware, unheedful, unheeding, unobservant, unregardful, unseeing, unwary), aldırışsız (careless, devil may care, gaily, heedless, indifferent, insensate, reckless, unconcerned, unmindful, unobliging). (various references)

Ukranian		незважаючи на (after, in spite of, nevertheless, notwithstanding, with, without respect to), не вартий уваги, не беручи до уваги (without regard to). (various references)

Vietnamese		không kể (despite, exclusive), không chú ý tới; bất chấp, không đếm xỉa tới. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "regardless": regardlessly, regardlessness, regardlessnesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "regardless": irregardless. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Regardless" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: iregardless, regardes, Regardie, regardles, regardlessly, regardlles, reguardless. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "regardless" (pronounced rugÄ"rdlus)
5	-r d l u s	cordless.
4	-d l u s	bloodless, boundless, childless, cloudless, endless, godless, groundless, headless, irregardless, landless, mindless, needless, windlass, wordless.
3	-l u s	accomplice, acropolis, ageless, aimless, airless, Amaryllis, anomalous, atlas, bacillus, backless, balas, baseless, blameless, bolus, boneless, bottomless, brainless, breathless, calculus, callous, callus, careless, Carolus, cashless, ceaseless, classless, clueless, Colas, colorless, countless, cutlass, defenseless, digitalis, directionless, doubtless, driverless, ductless, earless, effortless, expressionless, eyeless, fabulous, faceless, fatherless, fearless, featherless, featureless, feckless, fellas, fenceless, flawless, flightless, frictionless, frivolous, fruitless, Gallus, garrulous, gladiolus, graceless, guileless, guiltless, hairless, hapless, harmless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, hornless, humorless, incredulous, issueless, jealous, jobless, keyless, lactobacillus, lawless, leaderless, leafless, legless, libelous, lifeless, limbless, limitless, listless, loveless, luckless, malice, marvelous, meaningless, meatless, megalopolis, merciless, meticulous, metropolis, miraculous, motherless, motionless, nameless, nautilus, nebulous, necklace, necropolis, odorless, overzealous, Oxalis, painless, palace, paperless, peerless, pendulous, penniless, perilous, pilotless, pitiless, pointless, polis, populace, populous, powerless, priceless, prothallus, purposeless, querulous, reckless, relentless, remorseless, restless, ridiculous, riskless, rootless, rudderless, ruthless, scandalous, scoreless, scrupulous, scurrilous, seamless, selfless, senseless, sexless, shameless, shapeless, shiftless, skinless, sleepless, sleeveless, smokeless, solace, soulless, speechless, spineless, spotless, stainless, stateless, stimulus, stylus, surplus, syphilis, tantalus, tasteless, thankless, thoughtless, ticketless, tieless, timeless, tireless, toothless, topless, treeless, trellis, tremulous, unscrupulous, useless, valueless, victimless, voiceless, warrantless, weightless, windowless, wireless, witless, worthless, zealous, zipless.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-g-l-r-r-s-s"
	-1 letter: gradeless.
	-2 letters: degasser, dressage, eelgrass, gearless, greasers, largesse, regalers, regrades.
	-3 letters: ageless, dealers, degases, dragees, dresser, earless, eldress, erasers, galeres, gelders, glassed, graders, grassed, greased, greaser, greases, lagered, larders, largess, leaders, leasers, ledgers, rassled, readers, redears, redlegs, redress, regaled, regaler, regales, regards, regears, regrade, regress, rereads, resales, reseals, resedas, sealers, sledges.
	-4 letters: agreed, agrees, alders, argled, argles, darers, dealer, dearer, dragee, drears, eagers, eagles, eagres, easels, edgers, egress, elders, erased, eraser, erases, galere, garred, gassed, gasser, geared, gelder, glades, glared, glares, gledes, gleeds, grader, grades, grease, greeds, laders, lagers, larder, larees, larger, larges, lasers, leader, leased, leaser, leases, ledger, ledges, legers, lesser, ragees, rasers, rassle, reader, realer, reales, reared, redear, redleg, regale, regard, regear, reread, resale, reseal, reseda, sarees, sarges, sealed, sealer, seared, searer, seders, sedges, serges, sledge.
	-5 letters: aedes, agers, aglee, agree, alder, argle, arles, arses, assed, dales, darer, dares, deals, dears, deers, degas, deles, drags, drear, drees, dregs, dress, eager, eagle, eagre, eared, earls, eased, easel, eases, edger, edges, egads, egers, elder, erase, erred, erses, gales, gases, gears, gelds, glade, glads, glare, glass, glede, gleds, gleed, glees, grade, grads, grass, greed, grees, lader, lades, lager, lards, laree, lares, large, lased, laser, lases, leads, lears, lease, ledge, leers, leger, leges, raged, ragee, rages, rales, rared, rares, rased, raser, rases, reads, reals, rears, redes, reeds, reels, regal, reges, sades, sager, sages, sales, sards, saree, sarge, seals, sears, seder, sedge, seeds, seels, seers, seral, sered, serer, seres, serge, slags, sleds.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-g-l-r-r-s-s"
	+2 letters: irregardless, regardlessly.
	+3 letters: regardfulness.
	+4 letters: regardlessness.
	+5 letters: regardfulnesses.
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