Unheedy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unheedy is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Incautious; precipitate; heedless.
Meaning
(obsolete) Incautious; precipitate; heedless.
Example Sentences
So have I seen some tender slip, Saved with care from winter's nip, The pride of her carnation train, Plucked up by some unheedy swain Who only thought to crop the flower
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgement taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste. And therefore is love said to be a child Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.
Antonyms for unheedy
Common opposites include heedy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include haste, wareless, headless, rackless, misregardful, reckless.
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