Heedless vs Listless - What's the difference?
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Unaware, without noticing.
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*:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day.A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless ." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
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* 1861 , , The Stokesley Secret , ch. 6:
* 1901 , , The Hero , ch. 21:
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Heedless is a related term of listless.
As adjectives the difference between heedless and listless
is that heedless is unaware, without noticing while listless is lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.heedless
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(en adjective)Derived terms
* heedlessnesslistless
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(en adjective)- I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless .
- What an entirely different set of beings were those Stokesley children in lesson-time. . . . Poor, listless , stolid, deplorable logs, with bowed backs and crossed ankles, pipy voices and heavy eyes!
- The scene with Mrs. Wallace had broken his spirit, and he was listless now, indifferent to what happened.
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- “Listless , inattentive, distracted,” he recited. “A daydreamer. Tries his best, but is too slow.”