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The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
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heedlessness
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or character of being heedless; inattention; carelessness; thoughtlessness.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) [syn: inattentiveness ] [ant: attentiveness ] the trait of acting rashly and without prudence [syn: mindlessness , rashness ] the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities [syn: ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heedless \Heed"less\, a. Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant. O, negligent and heedless discipline! --Shak. The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so. --Waller. -- Heed"less*ly , adv. -- Heed"less*ness ...
Usage examples of heedlessness.
Immu and this one know that there is no malice in your heart, only the heedlessness of youth.
Niall was a soldier by both nature and training, and despised the heedlessness that cost unnecessary clan lives.
We, in truth, entered the school of inner meaning and exposition at a time when the minds of all that dwell on earth were wrapt in heedlessness.
It amazed her to think of how she had once driven one-handed through the city behind the wheel of a smaller, sportier BMW, heedless of her heedlessness.
There, he had learnt to distinguish between the steadiness of principle and the obstinacy of self-will, between the darings of heedlessness and the resolution of a collected mind.
There, he had learnt to distinguish between the steadiness of principle and the obstinacy of self-will, between the darings of heedlessness and the resolution of a collected mind.