Definition of Regardless

1. Adverb. In spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks. "He carried on regardless of the difficulties"


2. Adjective. (usually followed by 'of') without due thought or consideration. "Crushing the blooms with regardless tread"
Exact synonyms: Careless
Similar to: Heedless, Unheeding
Derivative terms: Carelessness

Definition of Regardless

1. a. Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity.

Definition of Regardless

1. Adjective. Having no regard; heedless; careless. ¹

2. Adverb. Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences. ¹

3. Preposition. Paying no attention to; regardless of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Regardless

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Regardless

regard as
regard to
regardable
regardant
regardant(ip)
regarded
regarder
regarders
regardest
regardeth
regardful
regardfully
regardfulness
regardfulnesses
regarding
regardless (current term)
regardless of
regardlessly
regardlessness
regards
regars
regas
regases
regasification
regasified
regasifies
regasify
regasifying

Literary usage of Regardless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"... authorizes him to proceed in the enforcement of his debt against the original debtor and mortgagor, regardless of the transfer and ignoring it, ..."

2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"A given amt. of adsorbent adsorbed a const, atnt. of colloid regardless of the concn. ... regardless ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"Hutchins, supra, the court was bound to adhere to this ruling throughout the subsequent conduct of the case, regardless of the consequences. ..."

4. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1904)
"the objects which the rooms contain, and barbaric splendour, carried out absolutely regardless of cost, and with magnificently grand ideas, seems to be the ..."

5. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Overall, the results suggest that, regardless of physician specialty, obstetric and family medicine patients had similar outcomes. (Auth. Abs.) 91-3560. ..."

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