Regardless vs Listless - What's the difference?
regardless | listless | Related terms |
Having no regard; heedless; careless.
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Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.
Paying no attention to; regardless of.
Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
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* 1861 , , The Stokesley Secret , ch. 6:
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Regardless is a related term of listless.
As adjectives the difference between regardless and listless
is that regardless is having no regard; heedless; careless while listless is lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.As an adverb regardless
is without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.As a preposition regardless
is paying no attention to; regardless of.regardless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others.
Derived terms
* regardless ofAdverb
(en adverb)- Tatiana knew the cauliflower was purple, but she ate it regardless .
Synonyms
* anyhow * anyway * at any rate * come what may * in any casePreposition
(English prepositions)- Tatiana ate the cauliflower regardless of its colour.
Usage notes
* Phrases such as 'regardless if' and 'regardless to' are technically incorrect. English words affected by confusionlistless
English
Adjective
(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.
John Hardy: Bali Guy," Time :
- “Listless , inattentive, distracted,” he recited. “A daydreamer. Tries his best, but is too slow.”