Marked by or paying little heed or attention:
— We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.
— Heedless of danger.
— Heedless of the child's crying.

synonym: unheeding.

Roget 506: forgotten etc. v.; unremembered, past recollection, bygone, out of mind; buried in oblivion, sunk in oblivion; clean forgotten; gone out of one's head, gone out of one's recollection.    forgetful, oblivious, mindless, Lethean; insensible to the past etc. 823; heedless.    ... show more

Roget 458: inattentive; unobservant, unmindful, heedless, unthinking, unheeding, undiscerning^†; inadvertent; mindless, regardless, respectless^†, listless etc. (indifferent) 866; blind, deaf; bird-witted; hand over head; cursory, percursory^†; giddy-brained, scatter-brained, hare-brained; unreflective, unreflecting^†, ecervele [Fr.]; offhand; dizzy, muzzy^†, brainsick^†; giddy, giddy as a goose; wild, harum-scarum, rantipole^†, highflying; heedless, careless etc. (neglectful) 460.    inconsiderate, thoughtless.    absent, abstracted, distrait; absentminded, lost; lost in thought, wrapped in thought; rapt, in the clouds, bemused; dreaming on other things, musing on other things; preoccupied, engrossed etc. (attentive) 457; daydreaming, in a reverie etc. n.; off one's guard etc. (inexpectant) 508^†; napping; dreamy; caught napping.    disconcerted, distracted, put out etc. v.. ... show more

Dutch: onachtzaam

Characterized by careless unconcern:
— The heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes.

synonym: reckless.

Roget 460: neglecting etc. v.; unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless, careless, thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss; feebleness etc. 575.    inconsiderate; uncircumspect^†, incircumspect^†; off one's guard; unwary, unwatchful^†, unguarded; offhand.    supine etc. (inactive) 683; inattentive etc. 458; insouciant etc. (indifferent) 823; imprudent, reckless etc. 863; slovenly etc. (disorderly) 59, (dirty) 653; inexact etc. (erroneous) 495; improvident etc. 674.    neglected etc. v.; unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted^†, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded^†, unremarked, unmissed^†; shunted, shelved.    unexamined, unstudied, unsearched^†, unscanned^†, unweighed^†, unsifted, unexplored.    abandoned; buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel.    ... show more

Roget 863: rash, incautious, indiscreet; imprudent, improvident, temerarious; uncalculating^†; heedless; careless etc. (neglectful) 460; without ballast, heels over head, head over heels; giddy etc. (inattentive) 458; wanton, reckless, wild, madcap; desperate, devil-may-care.    hot-blooded, hotheaded, hotbrained^†; headlong, headstrong; breakneck; foolhardy; harebrained; precipitate, impulsive.    overconfident, overweening; venturesome, venturous; adventurous, Quixotic, fire eating, cavalier; janty^†, jaunty, free and easy.    off one's guard etc. (inexpectant) 508^†.    ... show more

Polish: nierozsądny, nieroztropny