Heedlessness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)

the trait of acting rashly and without prudence

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˌaɪpɚmˌɛɾəmɔːɹfˈɑːɾɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈiːdləsnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈiːdləsnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /hˌaɪpɚmˌɛɾəmɔːɹfˈɑːɾɪk/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

inadvertence rashness inadvertency mindlessness inattentiveness unmindfulness

Antonyms

heedfulness mindfulness attentiveness

Word Forms

heedless	adjective	marked by or paying little heed or attention; --Franklin D. Roosevelt
mindless	adjective	not marked by the use of reason
rash	adjective	imprudently incurring risk; - George Meredith
unmindful	adjective	(followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
inadvertent	adjective	happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Achtlosigkeit

mangelnde Aufmerksamkeit (gegenüber Kindern oder hilflosen Menschen)

🇫🇷French

insouciance

un manque d'attention (en ce qui concerne les enfants ou les personnes sans défense)

🇪🇸Spanish

negligencia

falta de atención (en cuanto a niños o personas indefensas)

🇮🇹Italian

disattenzione

una mancanza di attenzione (come nei confronti di bambini o persone indifese)

🇳🇱Dutch

achteloosheid

een gebrek aan aandacht (ten opzichte van kinderen of hulpeloze mensen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

descuido

falta de atenção (em relação a crianças ou pessoas indefesas)

🇷🇺Russian

невнимательность

невнимательность (как к детям или беспомощным людям)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अनवधानता

ध्यान की कमी (बच्चों या असहाय लोगों के संबंध में)

🇧🇩Bengali

উদাসীনতা

মনোযোগের অভাব (শিশু বা অসহায় ব্যক্তিদের জন্য)

🇮🇳Tamil

கவனக்குறைவு

கவனமின்மை (குழந்தைகள் அல்லது உதவியற்ற மக்கள்)

🇮🇳Telugu

అజాగ్రత్త

శ్రద్ధ లేకపోవడం (పిల్లలు లేదా నిస్సహాయ వ్యక్తుల విషయంలో)

🇮🇳Marathi

गाफिलपणा

लक्ष देण्याची कमतरता (मुले किंवा असहाय लोकांबद्दल)

🇮🇳Gujarati

બેદરકારી

સચેતતાનો અભાવ (બાળકો અથવા લાચાર લોકો માટે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಜಾಗರೂಕತೆ

ಗಮನ ಕೊರತೆ (ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಅಥವಾ ಅಸಹಾಯಕ ಜನರು)

🇮🇳Malayalam

അശ്രദ്ധ

ശ്രദ്ധക്കുറവ് (കുട്ടികൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ നിസ്സഹായരായ ആളുകൾ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਲਾਪਰਵਾਹੀ

ਧਿਆਨ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ (ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਜਾਂ ਬੇਸਹਾਰਾ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਲਈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

غفلت

توجہ کی کمی (بچوں یا لاچار لوگوں کے بارے میں)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

疏忽

缺乏关注（对于儿童或无助的人）

🇯🇵Japanese

不注意

注意力の欠如（子供や無力な人々に関して）

🇰🇷Korean

부주의함

주의력 부족(어린이나 무력한 사람에 대한)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự thiếu chú ý

thiếu chú ý (như đối với trẻ em hoặc người bất lực)

🇹🇭Thai

ความประมาท

ขาดความเอาใจใส่ (กับเด็กหรือคนที่ทำอะไรไม่ถูก)

🇮🇩Indonesian

kelalaian

kurangnya perhatian (seperti terhadap anak-anak atau orang yang tidak berdaya)

🇵🇭Filipino

kawalang-ingat

isang kakulangan ng pagkaasikaso (tulad ng sa mga bata o mga taong walang magawa)

🇲🇾Malay

kelalaian

kekurangan perhatian (seperti kanak-kanak atau orang yang tidak berdaya)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غفلة

قلة الاهتمام (بالنسبة للأطفال أو الأشخاص العاجزين)

🇮🇷Persian

بی توجهی

عدم توجه (در مورد کودکان یا افراد درمانده)

🇹🇷Turkish

gaflet

Dikkat eksikliği (çocuklara veya çaresiz insanlara karşı)

🇮🇱Hebrew

אִי זְהִירוּת

חוסר תשומת לב (באשר לילדים או לאנשים חסרי אונים)

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The primary meaning of 'heedlessness' is 'a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)'.

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'heedlessness' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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