disregardful

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We passed the Federal barque Urania at her anchorage, and that ship, disregardful of the privateer, sported all her bunting with becoming pluck.

From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael

If this were true, the same argument would irresistibly prove, that we are the most generous of imaginable beings, the most disregardful of whatever relates to ourselves.

From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William

"Well hath it been written," replied the Jinnee:— "'Be disregardful of thine affairs, and commit them to the course of Fate, For often a thing that enrages thee may eventually be to thee pleasing.'"

From The Brass Bottle by Anstey, F.

"It is very disregardful in him to be away at such a time," said Katy, imposingly.

From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore

Many of the pictorial representations we have reviewed seem to be disregardful of Nature, if one dare say it, above Nature altogether!

From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Langridge, Irene