Antonyms for unheeding


Grammar : Adj
Spell : heed
Phonetic Transcription : hid


Definition of unheeding

Origin :
  • "attention, notice, regard," early 14c., apparently from heed (v.). Survives only in literal use and as the object of verbs (take heed, etc.).
  • adj not attentive
Example sentences :
  • The forces hover on the edge of action, unheeding the little noises.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • And the man was unheeding, impatient with her demonstrations.
  • Extract from : « Wanderer of Infinity » by Harl Vincent
  • I could not bring myself to ask for payment, and the crowd passed on, unheeding me.
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • "Then this is how I stand," cut in Garrison steadily, unheeding the advice.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • Old Singleton, lost in the serene regions of fiction, read on unheeding.
  • Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad
  • "I am the honester of the two," she goes on, rapidly, unheeding his anger.
  • Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
  • He is not content till his grievance is published to the unheeding world.
  • Extract from : « By the Christmas Fire » by Samuel McChord Crothers
  • John recognised Bateese at once; but Bateese, after a glance, went by unheeding.
  • Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • That was the lightest of them, but, unheeding Andrea swam on.
  • Extract from : « The Spinner's Book of Fiction » by Various
  • And, unheeding her protest, he marched off with a bird-cage and a big band-box.
  • Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King

Synonyms for unheeding

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