heedlessness

English

Etymology

From heedless +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

heedlessness (usually uncountable, plural heedlessnesses)

1. The state or character of being heedless

   Synonyms: inattention, carelessness, thoughtlessness

Synonyms

• unheed (noun)

Translations

the state or character of being heedless

Bengali: গাফলাতি (gaflati) Greek: απροσεξία (el) f (aprosexía) Italian: incuranza (it) f, sventatezza (it) f, sventataggine f, sbadataggine (it) f, disavvertenza f, disavvedutezza f Latin: neglegentia f, indīligentia f, incūria f, temeritūdō f Old English: unwærsċipe m Scottish Gaelic: eas-ùmhlachd f

References

• “heedless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.