as in whatever
in spite of everything
the weather looked bad, but they were resolved to go on with their picnic regardless
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as in reckless
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Recent Examples of regardless
Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2025
Powell’s term as chairman is up next year regardless.
—The Editors, National Review, 22 Apr. 2025
Some might suggest that these delusions of grandeur are designed to tranquilize the nervous masses; regardless, the public obviously craves them.
—Lauren Stienstra, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
So, while the teenager may not actually claim the Conn Smythe Trophy and cash that nice bonus this spring, he’s already scored a win regardless.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Ideally, of course, the team could deliver that same brand of basketball regardless.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2025
Powell’s term as chairman is up next year regardless.
—The Editors, National Review, 22 Apr. 2025
Some might suggest that these delusions of grandeur are designed to tranquilize the nervous masses; regardless, the public obviously craves them.
—Lauren Stienstra, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
So, while the teenager may not actually claim the Conn Smythe Trophy and cash that nice bonus this spring, he’s already scored a win regardless.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regardless
Adverb
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Wants to be sure her friends notice her new whatever-she's-wearing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 May 2021
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And so the Administration of Harvard, by its own admission, has taken no action whatever.—
William F. Buckley Jr.,
National Review,
23 Oct. 2017
Adjective
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Youngest brother Dante is reckless and indebted to dangerous criminals.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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On Sunday, officers arrested the suspect in South San Francisco and booked him into San Mateo County jail on charges of hit-and-run causing injury and reckless evading.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Ball is too inattentive on that end despite his impressive offensive skill set, and Miller is quite skinny and struggles to wall up on opposing guards and wings through his core.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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For instance, trust will be eroded when a person demonstrates a lack of temperance, which manifests as being agitated, impatient, inattentive, rash, and anxious instead of being composed, patient, prudent, self-controlled, and calm.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Those qualities also led to some mistimed tackles and rash decisions, but Casado will be a better player for this season.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Dear Abby: My cousin (more like a sister) has made some extremely rash and concerning choices over the last year.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Although Hill initially received two tickets for careless driving and not wearing a seat belt, they were dismissed after the officer who cited him didn’t show up to the Miami-Dade traffic hearing.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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Of those fires, 90% were caused by careless human activity, the agency said.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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The cowboy operates on his own personal code heedless of others.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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More significantly, the vengeful felon-in-chief has sent a clear-cut message: Oppose his heedless, plainly unconstitutional actions in court — one of the only avenues left to fight Trump’s creeping authoritarianism — and there will be a dear price to pay.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That's what sets a prudent decision apart from an impetuous one.—
Vipin Thomas,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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After the events of the first season, the HBO series’ dual protagonists—Joel (Pedro Pascal), a grizzled smuggler, and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), his impetuous surrogate daughter—decided to settle in Jackson, Wyoming, joining perhaps the only remaining human outpost governed by hope rather than by fear.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Letting a house of that size sit untouched is an act of thoughtless extravagance.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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The Twist in The Woman in the Yard Is a New Low for Trauma Horror Horror that’s really about trauma is now the norm, but there’s something particularly thoughtless about this film’s treatment of mental health.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Regardless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regardless. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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