regardless

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/
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/ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/ · /ɹɪˈɡɑːd.lɪs/

Definition of regardless

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.
    “Tatiana knew the meat had passed its expiry date, but she ate it regardless.”
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adv

  1. (not-comparable)Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.
    “Tatiana knew the meat had passed its expiry date, but she ate it regardless.”
  2. (not-comparable)Anyway; irrespective of what has just been said.
    “The proposal may become law, or it may not. Regardless, we will adopt it as a club rule.”

adj

  1. Paying no attention to; ignoring.
    “Hippolita, ſcarce more alive than her daughter, was regardleſs of every thing but her: but when the tender Iſabella’s care would have likewiſe removed her, while the ſurgeons examined Matilda’s wound, ſhe cried, remove me! never! never! I lived but in her, and will expire with her.”
    “The beloved “oof” sound Roblox players — and gamers regardless of what they play — has become a huge meme in the community.”
  2. Taking insufficient regard of; heedless; careless.
    “Always deceived in fact by his own wishes, and regardless of little besides his own convenience.”
    “I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others.”

prep

  1. (proscribed)Synonym of regardless of; paying no attention to.
    “Tatiana ate the cauliflower regardless its colour.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From regard + -less.

Words you can make from regardless

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1 word

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