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We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposed to rob us of their companionship.
James Harvey Robinson

Meaning of "heedless" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEEDLESS

heedless  [ˈhiːdlɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEEDLESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heedless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HEEDLESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of heedless in the English dictionary

The definition of heedless in the dictionary is taking little or no notice; careless or thoughtless.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEEDLESS


boundless
ˈbaʊndlɪs
broodless
ˈbruːdlɪs
cordless
ˈkɔːdlɪs
deedless
ˈdiːdlɪs
endless
ˈɛndlɪs
foodless
ˈfuːdlɪs
godless
ˈɡɒdlɪs
headless
ˈhɛdlɪs
lidless
ˈlɪdlɪs
lordless
ˈlɔːdlɪs
mindless
ˈmaɪndlɪs
needless
ˈniːdlɪs
redeless
ˈriːdlɪs
regardless
rɪˈɡɑːdlɪs
rewardless
rɪˈwɔːdlɪs
speedless
ˈspiːdlɪs
swordless
ˈsɔːdlɪs
wardless
ˈwɔːdlɪs
weedless
ˈwiːdlɪs
wordless
ˈwɜːdlɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEEDLESS

hee-hee
heebie-jeebies
heed
heeder
heedful
heedfully
heedfulness
heediness
heedlessly
heedlessness
heedy
heehaw
heel
heel bar
heel bone
heel in
heel-and-toe
heelball
heeled
heeler

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEEDLESS

bloodless
bottomless
brandless
childless
cloudless
friendless
groundless
handless
hoodless
irregardless
landless
leadless
roadless
rodless
sandless
seedless
soundless
threadless
weldless
windless
woodless

Synonyms and antonyms of heedless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HEEDLESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «heedless» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of heedless

Translation of «heedless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEEDLESS

Find out the translation of heedless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heedless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heedless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不顾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desatentos
570 millions of speakers

English

heedless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असावधान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغافلون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

не обращая внимания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desatentos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসতর্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inattentif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak peduli
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

achtlos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無頓着な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepenginan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không lưu ý
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அக்கறையற்றும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुर्लक्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

önemsemeyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disattento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nie zważając
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

не звертаючи уваги
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nepăsător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απρόσεκτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agt mense
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

likgiltiga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

likegyldige
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heedless

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEEDLESS»

The term «heedless» is normally little used and occupies the 111.318 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEEDLESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heedless» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heedless» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heedless

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5 QUOTES WITH «HEEDLESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heedless.
1
Richard Harris Barham
His eyes so dim, so wasted each limb, that, heedless of grammar, they all cried, that's him!
2
John Dingell
Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having read its books.
3
Abe Fortas
Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life's picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible journalism.
4
Gary Hamel
As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.
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James Harvey Robinson
We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposed to rob us of their companionship.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEEDLESS»

Discover the use of heedless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heedless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
»negligent, lax. slack, remiss careless adj Careless, heedless, thoughtless, inadvertent mean showing lack of concern or attention. Careless often implies the absence of such cares as responsibilities or worries; it then usually connotes ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
2
Heedless Hearts
Inexperienced housekeeper Marielle Kavanagh gets more than she bargains for when she takes a post at the house of architect Tristan Fitzmaurice.
Evelyn Trimborn, 1988
3
The Guardian: complete in one volume, with notes, and a ...
Henry Heedless, esquire, was indicted by colonel Touchy, of her majesty's trained-bands, upon an action of assault and battery ; for that be, the said Mr. Heedless, having espied a IVa- ther upon the shoulder of the laid colonel, struck  ...
Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, 1829
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order
Careless is applied to such things as require permanent care; thought'less to we as require permanent thought; heedless and inattentive are applied to the passing objects that engage the senses or the thoughts of the moment. Une is carcless ...
George Crabb, 1816
5
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
HEEDLESS, adj. [from heed.} Negligent; ^attentive ; careless ; thoughtless ; regardless ; snobferving: with of. — The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him. so. Wall. Heedless of verse, and hopeless of the crown, ...
‎1816
6
Trukese-English Dictionary
be heedless, ignore ridicule, disregard the words of others, be inattentive, be disobedient ("make a bad appearance"). ewusseningemmang (vi.): be heedless, pay no attention. mddmd, (vi.): be negligent, heedless, careless, inconsiderate.
‎1990
7
The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
HEEDLESS, adj. [from beed.] Negligent; ^tive; careless; thoughtless; regardless; faring ; with of.— The heedless lover does not know "We eyes they are that wound him so. Wall. t Httdlefs ofverfc, and hopeless of the crown, "*ce half a wit, and ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
8
Heedless Harry and Other Tales
A collection of poems about children who have bad habits or undesirable personality traits.
‎1902
9
The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq
Mr. Heedless replied, That vy>hat he had dpne was out of kindness to the prosecutor, as not thinking it proper for him to appear at the head of the Trained Bands with a seather upon his lhoulder ; and further added, that the stick he had made ...
Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, 1774
10
Soul of the Qur'an-Volume 1
And remember your Lord within your own soul, beseeching and fearfully, without raising your voice, both in the early mornings and in the evening; and you do not belongs to among the heedless. “Remember Allah in the mornings and ...
Muhyadheen Muhammad, Irumbuzhi

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEEDLESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heedless is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Donald Trump's rise is great news — for Jeb Bush - Vox
... his own voice, and heedless to the political damage that controversial comments like his assertion that Mexico is sending "rapists" to America ... «Vox, Jul 15»
2
the future – An Arctic conference in 1979 - Anchorage Daily News
... and disorganized and could be heedless, particularly of those in our country who may hold different values and convictions from the majority. «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
3
Make climate change an election issue - Whistler Question
... breakdown caused by our heedless fossil fuel consumption. This makes climate change an ethical issue with humanitarian implications. «Whistler Question, Jul 15»
4
THE REASON WHY MANKIND WAS CREATED
They are the heedless ones”. [al-A'raaf 7:179]. It is well known to wise people that the one who does a thing knows more about the wisdom ... «The Siasat Daily, Jul 15»
5
Absentee voters - Philly.com
Heedless of the overscheduled nature of modern life, New Jersey still requires most voters to trudge to the polls within limited hours on a single ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
6
Ariana Grande Won't Be Charged for Licking That Doughnut
... Calif., captured Grande and her boyfriend putting their tongues against a doughnut sitting on an open tray, presumably heedless of whether ... «TIME, Jul 15»
7
IS 'targets civilians' in Iraq says UN report | Middle East Eye
“Deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, carrying out attacks heedless of the effects on civilians, and locating fighters among ... «Middle East Eye, Jul 15»
8
Tasnim News Agency - Iran Ready to Admit Yemenis Injured in …
Saudi Arabia has been bombarding different areas in Yemen since March 26 without any authorization from the United Nations and heedless ... «Tasnim News Agency, Jul 15»
9
I WANT GAMBIANS TO BE AWARE OF THE COMING OF A …
But this day we save you in your body so that you may be a sign to those after you and most surely most people are heedless of Our Signs". «Freedom Newspaper, Jul 15»
10
Lebaran and local pride in the annual 'mudik'
Heedless of one's financial security, fame, rank or status in the city, people consider themselves successful people of Padang, Medan or ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»

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