Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unheedy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-heedy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Incautious; precipitate; heedless.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgement taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste. And therefore is love said to be a child Because in choice he is so oft beguiled."
"So have I seen some tender slip, Saved with care from winter's nip, The pride of her carnation train, Plucked up by some unheedy swain Who only thought to crop the flower"

Etymology

From un- + heedy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more unheedy (comparative) most unheedy (superlative)

Derived Forms

unheedily unheediness

Antonyms

heedy

Questions

What does unheedy mean?: Incautious; precipitate; heedless.
Where does unheedy come from?: From un- + heedy.

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