# regardless

Pronunciation: US say "ri-GARD-lis" /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/; UK say "ri-GAHD-lis" /ɹɪˈɡɑːd.lɪs/

## Adverb

1. Without paying attention to warnings or to signs that something bad may result.
   - Simple: Without caring about warnings or what bad things might happen.
   - _Investors had been warned about the risks, but they poured money in regardless._
   - _The trail was clearly marked as closed, yet she hiked on regardless._

## Adjective

2. Taking too little care or notice of something, in a heedless or careless way.
   - Simple: Not giving enough care or attention to something.
   - _He had grown regardless of his health, working through the night for weeks._
   - _As the deadline neared, the crew grew more regardless of the safety checks they were supposed to run._
3. Paying no attention to something at all; ignoring it.
   - Simple: Not paying any attention to something at all.
   - _He appeared entirely regardless of the crowd that had gathered to watch him._
   - _Lost in her grief, she sat by the hospital bed, regardless of everything else in the room._

## Preposition

4. Paying no attention to; without regard to. A synonym of regardless of. *(nonstandard)*
   - Simple: Without stopping to think about something, no matter what it is.
   - _The flights kept departing regardless the storm warnings along the coast._
   - _She answers every letter personally, regardless the sender._

## Origin

Formed from "regard" combined with the suffix "-less."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/regardless (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).