unheedful
Ignoring all warnings
Unheedful means not paying attention or failing to take notice: unheedful of the warnings, they pressed on.
The word is literary and uncommon, appearing mostly in older texts.
Heedless is the more natural choice in contemporary English.
Failing in due care
- thoughtlessShowing no consideration
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- remissNeglectful of duty
- laxInsufficiently firm or rigorous
slipshod · sloppy · derelict · unmindful · disregardful · incautious · imprudent · unthinking
Lacking knowledge of something
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- blindLacking the sense of sight
- deafUnable to hear
insensible · unseeing · unperceptive · clueless · unknowing · uncomprehending · uninformed · unacquainted
Heedless or skin irritation
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- foolhardyRecklessly bold
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
brash · hasty · precipitate · hotheaded · incautious · ill-considered · madcap · devil-may-care
Unable to concentrate
- absentmindedInattentive to immediate surroundings
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
- unfocusedWithout clear direction
- unobservantNot paying attention
scatterbrained · daydreaming · forgetful · spacey · abstracted · wandering · vacant · dreamy
negligent
Failing in due care
- thoughtlessShowing no consideration
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- remissNeglectful of duty
lax · slipshod · sloppy · derelict · unmindful · disregardful · incautious · imprudent · unthinking · haphazard
unaware
Lacking knowledge of something
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- blindLacking the sense of sight
deaf · insensible · unseeing · unperceptive · clueless · unknowing · uncomprehending · uninformed · unacquainted · nescient
rash
Heedless or skin irritation
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- foolhardyRecklessly bold
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
impetuous · brash · hasty · precipitate · hotheaded · incautious · ill-considered · madcap · devil-may-care · harebrained
distracted
Unable to concentrate
- absentmindedInattentive to immediate surroundings
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
- unfocusedWithout clear direction
unobservant · scatterbrained · daydreaming · forgetful · spacey · abstracted · wandering · vacant · dreamy · wool-gathering
heed, heedless, neglectful, heedful, unheeded, heeded, heedlessly, unheeding, heedlessness