heedless

English

heed +‎ -less

heedless (comparative more heedless, superlative most heedless)

Unaware, without noticing; inattentive; careless.
Sing we joyous, all together, heedless of the wind and weather.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314, page 0124:
  
  "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. […] A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.

unaware, without noticing

Bulgarian: небрежен (bg) (nebrežen), непредпазлив (bg) (nepredpazliv)
Danish: ubetænksom, ubesinding, uden hensyn til
Dutch: onbezorgd (nl), onoplettend (nl), slordig (nl)
Finnish: piittaamaton (fi), piittaamatta, välittämättä
French: insouciant (fr) m, inattentif (fr) m, négligent (fr) m
Galician: distraído m, descoidado m, desatento m, desconsiderado m
German: unachtsam (de), achtlos (de), nicht beachtend, unaufmerksam, unaufmerksam, nicht beachtend, unachtsam (de)
Greek: αδιάφορος (el) m (adiáforos)
Hiligaynon: buhahâ, dimainandamon

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