Unheed

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Inattention. uncountable

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To deliberately fail to heed or take notice of; disregard; ignore. transitive

    "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 […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + heed.

Etymology 2

From un- + heed.

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