as in careless
not paying or showing close attention especially for the purpose of avoiding trouble
heedless drivers who back out of parking spaces without looking
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Recent Examples of heedless
What’s worse, Jeremiah, heedless of the fact that Belly’s 20 percent off coupon expires tomorrow, is still at the office in Boston and so can’t come with her to Michael’s.
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Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
The cowboy operates on his own personal code heedless of others.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
More significantly, the vengeful felon-in-chief has sent a clear-cut message: Oppose his heedless, plainly unconstitutional actions in court — one of the only avenues left to fight Trump’s creeping authoritarianism — and there will be a dear price to pay.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Others marveled that the Foreign Office could have been so heedless as to send such a sensitive communication via wireless, and expressed their bewilderment that a top-secret document could have ended up in American hands.
—Timothy W. Ryback, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
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Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
The cowboy operates on his own personal code heedless of others.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
More significantly, the vengeful felon-in-chief has sent a clear-cut message: Oppose his heedless, plainly unconstitutional actions in court — one of the only avenues left to fight Trump’s creeping authoritarianism — and there will be a dear price to pay.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Others marveled that the Foreign Office could have been so heedless as to send such a sensitive communication via wireless, and expressed their bewilderment that a top-secret document could have ended up in American hands.
—Timothy W. Ryback, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heedless
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Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Young Christoph wrote in the knowledge that Bonhoeffer’s correspondence was being monitored and that a careless word could have fatal consequences.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That’s also an unsafe method of thawing food.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Department of Public Instruction routinely gathers and publishes data on other potential signs of student harm, such as how often students are chronically absent, experience homelessness or feel unsafe at school — but not the frequency of educator misconduct.—
Danielle DuClos,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The defense also contends that Trump, as a public figure, must show actual malice—proof that the Journal knew its reporting was false or acted with reckless disregard for the truth—and that the complaint fails to do so.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Western leaders largely dismissed these overt signals, assuming Putin would not be reckless enough to risk crippling sanctions, economic isolation, and a costly war.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Heedless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heedless. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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