disregardless
- adverb
- /ˌdɪs.rɪˈɡɑːrd.ləs/
- Informal
- She continued with her plans disregardless of her friends’ opinions.
Examples
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The team pressed on disregardless of the bad weather conditions.
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He made the announcement disregardless of the looming controversy.
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Go ahead disregardless!
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I will do it disregardless!
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He went ahead with the project disregardless of the potential risks involved.
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She pursued her dream of becoming an artist disregardless of what others said.
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The company launched the new product disregardless of the negative feedback.
Synonyms
Despite something that might stop you
Without considering things like age or nationality
People use it without regard to other things, though many say it is not correct
Without caring about something when you decide or act
Surface Forms
Morphology
disregardless = regardless (semi-transparent) = dis + regard + less
The form is analyzable as 'dis-' + 'regard' + '-less' via the base 'regardless', but the added 'dis-' creates a redundant/incorrect double negation and is nonstandard, which can mislead learners.
Etymology
The word disregardless is a nonstandard, informal word made by adding dis- ('not') to regardless ('without regard' or 'without caring'). That makes it say the same thing twice, but a helpful way to remember it is that people use disregardless to mean 'regardless' or 'without paying attention to people's opinions'.