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Regardless
//ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs// adj, adv, prep
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Paying no attention to; ignoring.
"Hippolita, ſcarce more alive than her daughter, was regardleſs of every thing but her: but when the tender Iſabella’s care would have likewiſe removed her, while the ſurgeons examined Matilda’s wound, ſhe cried, remove me! never! never! I lived but in her, and will expire with her."
- 2 Taking insufficient regard of; heedless; careless.
"Always deceived in fact by his own wishes, and regardless of little besides his own convenience."
Adjective
- 1 (usually followed by ‘of’) without due thought or consideration wordnet
Adverb
- 1 Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.
"Tatiana knew the meat had passed its expiry date, but she ate it regardless."
Adverb
- 1 in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks wordnet
Preposition
- 1 Synonym of regardless of; paying no attention to. proscribed
"Tatiana ate the cauliflower regardless its colour."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From regard + -less.
Etymology 2
From regard + -less.
Etymology 3
From regard + -less.
See also for "regardless"
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