regardless
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adverb
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Explanation
If something is done without consideration, it's done regardless, usually followed by the word "of." Today you can sit wherever you'd like on a bus, regardless of your race, but this wasn't always the case. The word regardless can also be used as an adverb meaning despite everything. If your speaker had to cancel, you should carry on with the meeting regardless. People sometimes use the word irregardless when they mean regardless. Irregardless is an error resulting from a blend of irrespective and regardless. You may hear people say it, but grammarians consider it to be a mistake.
Vocabulary lists containing regardless
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Example Sentences
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It declared that “all men resident in the colonies, regardless of color, are French citizens, and will enjoy all the rights assured by the constitution.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
My job as a historian, regardless of the topic, is to denaturalize what we take for granted.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
Advance was known in the industry for a pledge that employees who weren’t in a union would have jobs regardless of economic downturns or technological advances.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
This can happen regardless of whether she knew the items were purchased with embezzled funds.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
From there, I couldn’t see the man, but I went, regardless, as far down the dock as I could to wait for the ferry.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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