Usually means: Lack of attention or care.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. heedlessness: Merriam-Webster
  2. heedlessness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heedlessness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. heedlessness: Vocabulary.com
  5. heedlessness: Wordnik
  6. heedlessness: Wiktionary
  7. heedlessness: Dictionary.com
  8. heedlessness: Rhymezone
  9. heedlessness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. heedlessness: FreeDictionary.org
  11. heedlessness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. heedlessness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heedlessness: Legal dictionary

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  1. heedlessness: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heedlessness)

▸ noun:  The state or character of being heedless

Similar:
mindlessness, inadvertence, inattentiveness, unmindfulness, inadvertency, rashness, unheediness, thoughtlessness, regardlessness, rechlessness, more...

Opposite:
mindfulness, awareness, attention

Adjectives:
own, such, mere, utter, same, usual, apparent, pure, certain, sheer, childish

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Similar:
mindlessness, inadvertence, inattentiveness, unmindfulness, inadvertency, rashness, unheediness, thoughtlessness, regardlessness, rechlessness, more...

Opposite:
mindfulness, awareness, attention

Adjectives:
own, such, mere, utter, same, usual, apparent, pure, certain, sheer, childish



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