earguardless
To wrestle without ear guards.
When I was a kid, wrestling earguards were new and not required. The coach told me not to wrestle without earguards, but, I used to wrestle earguardless. Now I have cauliflower ear.
earguardless
When you need to wear hearing protection, but you don't.
A J Foyt is almost deaf because he drove racecars for 20 years earguardless.