heedless Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective marked by or paying little heed or attention; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt
    unheeding.
    • We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals
    • heedless of danger
    • heedless of the child's crying
  2. adjective satellite characterized by careless unconcern
    reckless.
    • the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton
    • reckless squandering of public funds

WordNet


Heed"less adjective
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913