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incurante

heedless

adjective een-koo-RAN-teh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Personality

Origin: From in- (negative) + curante, present participle of curare, 'to care.'

Also means

indifferent

Usage Note

Incurante is always followed by di + noun: incurante del pericolo ('heedless of danger'). It describes a person or attitude that pays no attention to something, often implying recklessness. It is more literary than indifferente and implies active disregard rather than passive apathy.

Examples

"Correva incurante del traffico."

Natural Translation

He ran heedless of the traffic.

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