Adjective
- 1. heedless (vs. heedful), unheeding, careless(predicate), regardless, deaf(predicate), indifferent(predicate)
- usage: 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. heedless, reckless, careless (vs. careful)
- usage: characterized by careless unconcern; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds"
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