unheedy

From un- +‎ heedy.

unheedy (comparative more unheedy, superlative most unheedy)

1. (obsolete) Incautious; precipitate; heedless.

   Antonym: heedy

   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     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.

   • 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:

     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

• unheedily
• unheediness