incurante
heedless
adjective een-koo-RAN-teh Rare
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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