disregardful
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He had said all this with scarcely a pause for breath and without giving her an opportunity to speak, as though surprise made him disregardful of labial punctuation of his sentences.
From Sundry Accounts by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
His slight but increasing notice was duly estimated by one who was perfectly acquainted with his peculiar temper, and daily perceived how disregardful he was of all others, except her and his cousin.
From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
And even a saint's passion to holiness is hardly stronger, more selfless, more disregardful of conditions and obstacles than the passion of the lover of the beautiful, the connoisseur, toward acquisition.
From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Perceval Gibbon
He grew careless in his personal habits, slovenly in his dress, disregardful of his associates, and if possible more vehemently partisan in his public utterances.
From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Allen Johnson
Mr. Chaffanbrass collected his papers, with the assistance of Mr. Wickerby,—totally disregardful of his junior counsel, and the Attorney and Solicitor-General congratulated each other on the successful termination of a very disagreeable piece of business.
From Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope
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