regardless of

English

Preposition

regardless of

1. without attention to; without regard for

   Synonyms: irrespective of; see also Thesaurus:despite

   He smoked cigars regardless of the consequences.

Usage notes

• regardless, without of, is sometimes used as a preposition, but usage with of is more correct.
• This term can also be analyzed as a postpositive adjective "regardless" (placed after the modified noun) that takes a prepositional phrase headed by "of" as its complement.
  • Tatiana knew the meat had passed its expiry date, but she ate it regardless [of the food having passed its expiry date].

Translations

without attention to

• Arabic: بِغَضّ اَلنَّظَر عَن (bi-ḡaḍḍ an-naẓar ʕan), دُونَ الاِهْتِمَام بِـ (dūna l-ihtimām bi-)

  Egyptian Arabic: بصرف النظر عن (be-ṣarff en-naẓar ʕann)

• Azerbaijani: asılı olmayaraq
• Bashkir: ҡарамаҫтан (qaramaśtan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不管 (zh) (bùguǎn), 無論／无论 (zh) (wúlùn)

• Czech: bez ohledu na
• Dutch: ongeacht (nl)
• Finnish: välittämättä, riippumatta (fi), huolimatta (fi), katsomatta
• French: nonobstant (fr), peu importe (fr), quelle que soit (fr), quel que soit (fr)
• German: ohne Rücksicht auf, ungeachtet (de)
• Hungarian: függetlenül (hu), tekintet nélkül
• Italian: a prescindere da
• Kazakh: қарамастан (qaramastan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uansett (no), uten hensyn til

• Polish: bez względu na, niezależnie od
• Portuguese: apesar de (pt), independente de
• Punjabi: بھان٘ویں (bhāṉveṉ)
• Romanian: indiferent de
• Russian: вне зави́симости от (ru) (vne zavísimosti ot), незави́симо от (ru) (nezavísimo ot)
• Scots: tentless o
• Spanish: independientemente de (es), sin importar, sin distinción, con prescindencia de, con independencia de, a pesar de (es), no obstante (es), pese a (es)
• Swedish: oavsett (sv), bortsett från (sv)
• Ukrainian: незале́жно від (nezaléžno vid), незважа́ючи на (nezvažájučy na)

See also

• despite