regardless Add to list Share. If something is done without consideration, it's done regardless, usually followed by the word "of." Today you can sit wherever you'd like on a bus, regardless of your race, but this wasn't always the case. The word regardless can also be used as an adverb meaning despite everything.

What does it mean when someone says regardless?

If you say that someone did something regardless, you mean that they did it even though there were problems or factors that could have stopped them, or perhaps should have stopped them.

What does regardless of the reason mean?

“Regardless of” means the speaker doesn't care about whatever comes next or it doesn't impact.