Phrase guide

regardless of

prep · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep

Meaning 1

Without attention to; without regard for.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He smoked cigars regardless of the consequences.
  • Besides Son Goku, many of these male anime characters are also voiced by females due to because unlike most countries, Japan mainly relies on vocal consistency, not stability regardless of gender.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: irrespective of, despite, with, for all, maugre, notwithstanding, regardless of, in spite of, without considering, without regard for

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِغَضِّ ٱلنَّظَر عَن (biḡaḍḍi n-naẓar ʕan) — without attention to
  • Arabic: دُونَ الاِهْتِمَام بِـ (dūna l-ihtimām bi-) — without attention to
  • Arabic: بِصَرْفِ ٱلنَّظَر عَن (biṣarfi n-naẓar ʕan) — without attention to
  • Arabic: بصرف النظر عن (be-ṣarff en-naẓar ʕann) — without attention to
  • Azerbaijani: asılı olmayaraq — without attention to
  • Bashkir: ҡарамаҫтан (qaramaśtan) — without attention to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不管 (bùguǎn) — without attention to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無論 /无论 (wúlùn) — without attention to
  • Czech: bez ohledu na — without attention to
  • Dutch: ongeacht — without attention to
  • Esperanto: sendepende de — without attention to
  • Finnish: välittämättä — without attention to
  • Finnish: riippumatta — without attention to
  • Finnish: huolimatta — without attention to
  • Finnish: katsomatta — without attention to
  • French: nonobstant — without attention to
  • French: peu importe — without attention to
  • French: quelle que soit — without attention to
  • French: quel que soit — without attention to
  • German: ohne Rücksicht auf — without attention to
  • German: ungeachtet — without attention to
  • Hebrew: בלי קשר ל־ — without attention to
  • Hebrew: בְּלִי לְהִתְחַשֵּׁב ל־ — without attention to
  • Hebrew: למרות — without attention to
  • Hungarian: függetlenül — without attention to
  • Hungarian: tekintet nélkül — without attention to
  • Italian: a prescindere da — without attention to
  • Kazakh: қарамастан (qaramastan) — without attention to
  • Malay: tanpa mengira — without attention to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uansett — without attention to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uten hensyn til — without attention to
  • Polish: bez względu na — without attention to
  • Polish: niezależnie od — without attention to
  • Portuguese: apesar de — without attention to
  • Portuguese: independente de — without attention to
  • Punjabi: بھان٘ویں (bhāṉveṉ) — without attention to
  • Romanian: indiferent de — without attention to
  • Russian: вне зави́симости от (vne zavísimosti ot) — without attention to
  • Russian: незави́симо от (nezavísimo ot) — without attention to
  • Scots: tentless o — without attention to
  • Spanish: independientemente de — without attention to
  • Spanish: sin distinción de — without attention to
  • Spanish: con independencia / prescindencia de — without attention to
  • Spanish: sin respecto de / a — without attention to
  • Spanish: sin respectando — without attention to
  • Spanish: irrespectando — without attention to
  • Spanish: irrespecto de / a — without attention to
  • Swedish: oavsett — without attention to
  • Swedish: bortsett från — without attention to
  • Ukrainian: незале́жно від (nezaléžno vid) — without attention to
  • Ukrainian: незважа́ючи на (nezvažájučy na) — without attention to