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# heedless

adjective (heedless)

«heedless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Not paying attention to something, especially to a warning or danger; careless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heedless/#m1)
2. In «heedless of»: without thinking about: «heedless of the danger». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heedless/#m2)

### In the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows Toad is heedless of his friends' warnings and drives too fast. Stories show heedless characters getting into trouble. Safety: being heedless near roads, water or fire is dangerous. Phrases: «heedless of the danger/warning», «heedless rush».

### Examples

- Heedless of the warning, Toad jumped into the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heedless/#x1)
- The boy ran heedless across the busy road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heedless/#x2)
- She was heedless of the rain and kept playing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heedless/#x3)
- Heedless spending soon emptied his piggy bank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heedless/#x4)
- The puppy dashed heedless into the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heedless/#x5)
- Don't be heedless near the cliff edge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heedless/#x6)
- Filled with shame at being once more proved heedless, Ian arose and did as the horse bade him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heedless/#x7)

### Note

From «heed» (attention) + «-less» (without). Adverb: heedlessly. Opposite: heedful, careful.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «heedless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heedless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«heedless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/heedless.html) on Mova free.