heedlessness 
1. a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) • Syn: inattentiveness • Ant: attentiveness (for: inattentiveness) • Derivationally related forms: heedless • Hypernyms: inattention 2. the trait of acting rashly and without prudence • Syn: mindlessness, rashness • Derivationally related forms: rash (for: rashness), mindless (for: mindlessness), heedless • Hypernyms: imprudence • Hyponyms: lightheadedness 3. the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities • Syn: unmindfulness, inadvertence, inadvertency • Ant: heedfulness, mindfulness (for: unmindfulness) • Derivationally related forms: inadvertent (for: inadvertency), inadvertent (for: inadvertence), unmindful (for: unmindfulness) • Hypernyms: attentiveness
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