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单词 heedless
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Definition of heedless in English:

heedless

adjective ˈhiːdləsˈhidləs
  • Showing a reckless lack of care or attention.

    ‘Elaine!’ she shouted, heedless of attracting unwanted attention
    his heedless impetuosity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Meanwhile we are not heedless of the hardships and worries that accompany the conquest of inflation.
    • Allow taxpayers to retain more of what they earn and those heedless sinners would only fill their homes with even more immoral gizmos.
    • We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.
    • They leave the pundits gaping at their heedless disregard for the Governing Class.
    • Those opposed to the application will cry foul, and those who have an axe to grind will jump on the bandwagon, heedless of the merits and demerits of the scheme.
    • The film refuses to budge from its masculine perspective in which the woman appears a heedless wimp.
    • As a class, have we become reckless, arrogant, heedless?
    • He is a wild, impulsive boy, heedless to thought and temper.
    • Taxis were rushing in their usual heedless manner, splashing walls of water over the poor people who were braving the flooded intersection.
    • Once I'm outside, I start running, heedless of the rain and ice.
    • The heedless pursuit of profit can hurt the environment and conflict with other social values.
    • This last sentence, with its message of heedless progress, becomes a sort of recurring motif throughout the book.
    • He jammed the truck into first, heedless of the grinding gears, and drove recklessly off the road.
    • It eliminated all pauses for inspiration, and freed heedless flights of fancy.
    • There's lots to try if you're feeling a little more heedless, though.
    • They swarm in squalling packs on to the roads, heedless of the rush-hour traffic, defying drivers to confront their pig-headed rebellion against road safety.
    • Some were so disorientated that they ran down the tracks into tunnels, heedless of the danger from oncoming trains, their only instinct to get out.
    • Amy sat in deep thought, heedless of the laughter, jokes, and stories of the people around her.
    • She ran still, heedless of the pain the thorns and rough branches caused her, heedless of the sharp stones in the ground which cut up her feet, heedless of all the things around her.
    • He draws heavily on folk tales and their heedless progress - one darn thing after the next: another peril, another prince, another hopeful wish.
    Synonyms
    unmindful of, taking no notice of, paying no heed to, careless of, disregardful of, regardless of, unheeding of, neglectful of, unconscious of, oblivious to, inattentive to, blind to, deaf to
    incautious, imprudent, rash, reckless, foolhardy, blithe, precipitate, unthinking, thoughtless, improvident, unwary, unobservant, unwatchful

Derivatives

  • heedlessly

  • adverbˈhiːdləsli
    • It's about having one's life in order to the point that reasonable planning takes place for the future, instead of running headlong and heedlessly into each day.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They had a reputation as badly managed, high-risk players who started the crisis by borrowing recklessly from Western banks, then lending heedlessly to local businesses.
      • Every conceivable argument has been used to avoid acknowledging the painful reality of what we have so heedlessly wrought over so short a period.
      • So if we children, rushing home from school, spoke heedlessly to them in English, they closed their ears and their faces until we remembered the edict.
      • If time - in Europe, in Africa - is the enemy, why are we calling ‘time’ so heedlessly fast?
  • heedlessness

  • nounˈhiːdləsnəsˈhidləsnəs
    • They moved with a heedlessness and dreamlike courage towards the doom they had so assiduously courted.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He has the loose-jointed movements of an athlete, and a brisk heedlessness as he crushes raw sugar into a splash of coffee.
      • It is impossible to achieve genuine distinction without a certain heedlessness of public opinion.
      • But there's a heedlessness to the city's sense of its own fabled history.
      • Though lacking beauty in any strict sense of the word, her energy and heedlessness - a sort of helplessness born of irresponsibility - drew people to her.
 
 

Definition of heedless in US English:

heedless

adjectiveˈhēdləsˈhidləs
  • Showing a reckless lack of care or attention.

    “Elaine!” she shouted, heedless of attracting unwanted attention
    his heedless impetuosity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There's lots to try if you're feeling a little more heedless, though.
    • Once I'm outside, I start running, heedless of the rain and ice.
    • Meanwhile we are not heedless of the hardships and worries that accompany the conquest of inflation.
    • They leave the pundits gaping at their heedless disregard for the Governing Class.
    • Taxis were rushing in their usual heedless manner, splashing walls of water over the poor people who were braving the flooded intersection.
    • The heedless pursuit of profit can hurt the environment and conflict with other social values.
    • Those opposed to the application will cry foul, and those who have an axe to grind will jump on the bandwagon, heedless of the merits and demerits of the scheme.
    • We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.
    • He jammed the truck into first, heedless of the grinding gears, and drove recklessly off the road.
    • As a class, have we become reckless, arrogant, heedless?
    • Allow taxpayers to retain more of what they earn and those heedless sinners would only fill their homes with even more immoral gizmos.
    • He is a wild, impulsive boy, heedless to thought and temper.
    • Amy sat in deep thought, heedless of the laughter, jokes, and stories of the people around her.
    • She ran still, heedless of the pain the thorns and rough branches caused her, heedless of the sharp stones in the ground which cut up her feet, heedless of all the things around her.
    • It eliminated all pauses for inspiration, and freed heedless flights of fancy.
    • The film refuses to budge from its masculine perspective in which the woman appears a heedless wimp.
    • They swarm in squalling packs on to the roads, heedless of the rush-hour traffic, defying drivers to confront their pig-headed rebellion against road safety.
    • He draws heavily on folk tales and their heedless progress - one darn thing after the next: another peril, another prince, another hopeful wish.
    • Some were so disorientated that they ran down the tracks into tunnels, heedless of the danger from oncoming trains, their only instinct to get out.
    • This last sentence, with its message of heedless progress, becomes a sort of recurring motif throughout the book.
    Synonyms
    unmindful of, taking no notice of, paying no heed to, careless of, disregardful of, regardless of, unheeding of, neglectful of, unconscious of, oblivious to, inattentive to, blind to, deaf to
 
 
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