Heedlessness Definition & Meaning

Examples of heedless in a Sentence

They remain heedless of their own safety. the heedless use of natural resources

Recent Examples on the Web His physicality is that of a precocious but heedless kid. — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2022 Both fighters went out swinging in a brutal fifth round that concluded with 30 seconds of heedless swinging and slinging. — Greg Beacham, ajc, 23 Jan. 2022 On the whole, however, the GET-THIN saga is a story of the breakdown of the medical regulatory system at the state and federal levels, and of heedless corporations in the medical device and health insurance fields. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021 Friedkin shot much of the film (including the high-speed chase scene under Brooklyn’s D elevated-train platform) without permits, with a heedless verve that might’ve gotten people killed had one or two things gone wrong. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021 Christie confirms how heedless Trump and his Administration were about COVID—masks were scorned in the White House—and, predictably, many officials and visitors, including Trump and Christie, got sick. — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2021 The indications are inescapable that the bill for decades of heedless human activity is coming due. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2021 And Europe’s headlong, heedless rush into renewables will? — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Oct. 2021 The pinball machine really would be spending in the sense that Republicans characterize Democrats’ plans—heedless, ill-thought, selfish. — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 24 Sep. 2021 See More

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