unheedful

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Such cases, it is true, have been somewhat rare, for made oftentimes on the impulse of the moment, "unheedful vows," as Shakespeare says, "may heedfully be broken."

From Strange Pages from Family Papers by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton)

Miss Cranley, unheedful of his exclamations, was however just going to begin with more vehemence than ever, when a sudden accident put a stop to the torrent of her oratory.

From Damon and Delia A Tale by Godwin, William

Beneath, above, and beside them were piled the flower of the Frankish army—Christian and Paynim, asleep on one mother's breast, unheedful alike of triumph and defeat.

From With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds by Greene, Frances Nimmo

He was not unheedful of these charms in the scene, though his thoughts were busily employed with a subject foreign to their contemplation.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

Life was indeed a strange thing; and, would a body comprehend it, then must a body sit staring into the fire, thinking very hard, unheedful of all idle chatter.

From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)