heedless

«heedless» in Mova's school dictionary: Not paying attention to something, especially to a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (heedless)

meaning for a pupil

1) Not paying attention to something, especially to a warning or danger; careless. tree →

2) In «heedless of»: without thinking about: «heedless of the danger». tree →

sense 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 →
• The boy ran heedless across the busy road. tree →
• She was heedless of the rain and kept playing. tree →
• Heedless spending soon emptied his piggy bank. tree →
• The puppy dashed heedless into the river. tree →
• Don't be heedless near the cliff edge. tree →
• Filled with shame at being once more proved heedless, Ian arose and did as the horse bade him. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• What a conceited and heedless ass!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «heedless» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.