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heedless - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'heedless' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Heedless [ a.]
- Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.

Meaning of 'heedless' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . heedless [ a]
Meaning (1):
- marked by or paying little heed or attention
Example in sentence:
  • heedless of danger;
  • heedless of the child's crying;
  • We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics
2 . heedless [ s]
Meaning (2):
- characterized by careless unconcern
Example in sentence:
  • reckless squandering of public funds;
  • the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes