Unexacting vs Heedless - What's the difference?
unexacting | heedless | Related terms |
Not demanding; uncritical; not difficult to satisfy.
* 1846 , , Dombey and Son , ch. 35:
* 1864 , , The Small House at Allington , ch. 9:
* 1919 , , Sisters: A Story , ch. 1:
Not requiring precision or substantial effort.
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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 ." ΒΆ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
Unexacting is a related term of heedless.
As adjectives the difference between unexacting and heedless
is that unexacting is not demanding; uncritical; not difficult to satisfy while heedless is unaware, without noticing.unexacting
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Florence . . . had, all through, repaid the agony of slight and coldness, and dislike, with patient unexacting love, excusing him, and pleading for him, like his better angel!
- But Mrs Eames was a kind, patient, unexacting woman, who took all civil words as meaning civility.
- She was rarely angry; she was unexacting , good-humoured, preferring animals to people.
Industrial Prosperity at the South," New York Times , 20 Feb., p. 4 (retrieved 17 Aug. 2010):
- It . . . yields a staple which requires a very simple and unexacting process to prepare it for market.
To the Point," Reading Eagle (USA), 5 Oct., p. 16 (retrieved 17 Aug. 2010):
- His hours were not long, and his work was unexacting and physically light.