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heedlessness

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heed·less  (hdls)
adj.
Marked by or paying little heed; unmindful or thoughtless. See Synonyms at careless, impetuous.

heedless·ly adv.
heedless·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.heedlessness - a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
inattention - lack of attention
2.heedlessness - the trait of acting rashly and without prudence
imprudence - a lack of caution in practical affairs
lightheadedness - a frivolous lack of prudence
3.heedlessnessheedlessness - the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
attentiveness - the trait of being observant and paying attention
heedfulness, mindfulness - the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities


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Never, I ween, through any heedlessness of his nurse shall witchcraft hurt him nor yet the Undercutter (8): for I know a charm far stronger than the Woodcutter, and I know an excellent safeguard against woeful witchcraft.
I allowed that their conduct was bad, but I urged him to take into consideration their heedlessness, their youth; then, too, the young men had only just been lunching together.
Most of them, however, were prone to assimilate to the red man in their heedlessness of the future.
 
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