SINCE 1828
unheeding
adjective
un·heed·ing
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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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