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un·heed·ing | \ ˌən-ˈhē-diŋ 
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\Definition of unheeding
: giving no attention : showing no awareness : not heeding protests that have fallen on unheeding ears She had gone on in her earnestness, unheeding of his question.— Henry James —sometimes used as a participial verb with a direct object… she flew to her husband, clung round his neck, and unheeding the presence of Varney, overwhelmed him with caresses …— Sir Walter Scott
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