unheed

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unheed

Rhymes with -iːd

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From un- + heed.

verb unheeds · unheeding · unheeded

  1. transitive To deliberately fail to heed or take notice of; disregard; ignore. Unfortunately, from its liability to accident, and the necessity of entrusting it to the care of those who are either so familiar with danger as to unheed its warnings, or so infatuated as to rely, in despite of its warnings, with over-weening confidence […]

    Similar: put aside, shrug off, take no notice of

noun

  1. uncountable Inattention. I learnt I had missed, by rash unheed, My track; that, so the Will decided, In life death, we should be divided, And at the sense I ached indeed.

    Similar: heedlessness

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verb To deliberately fail to heed or take notice of; disregard; ignore.

Españolhacer caso omiso, desoír

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@misc{unheed_2026,
  title = {unheed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unheed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}