4 definitions found for heedlessness

Heedlessness HEE'DLESSNESS, n. Inattention; carelessness; thoughtlessness; negligence.

heedlessness n 1: a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) [syn: inattentiveness, heedlessness] [ant: attentiveness, heed, paying attention, regard] 2: the trait of acting rashly and without prudence [syn: heedlessness, mindlessness, rashness] 3: the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities [syn: unmindfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency] [ant: heedfulness, mindfulness]

Heedless Heed"less, a. 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.

heedlessness n. Carelessness, thoughtlessness, inattention, inadvertence, neglect, oversight, recklessness, rashness, precipitancy, negligence, inconsiderateness.