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
Our goal is to bleed Russia dry with Ukrainian soldiers and sacrifices heedless of the industrial-scale suffering inflicted on the Ukrainian people.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
To this day, heedless shootings at parades are not unheard of in the Big Easy.
—Maurice Carlos Ruffin, TIME, 3 Jan. 2025
The gunman raised the weapon, heedless of a woman standing nearby on the sidewalk.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Phishing sites are fraudulent pages that ape secure sites and try to fool heedless visitors into giving away their credentials.
—PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
To this day, heedless shootings at parades are not unheard of in the Big Easy.
—Maurice Carlos Ruffin, TIME, 3 Jan. 2025
The gunman raised the weapon, heedless of a woman standing nearby on the sidewalk.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Phishing sites are fraudulent pages that ape secure sites and try to fool heedless visitors into giving away their credentials.
—PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heedless
Adjective
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The problem isn’t that general providers are careless, but that their systems and staff simply aren’t built for these edge cases.—
Ari Raptis,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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When businesses are careless and people get hurt, those businesses should be held accountable.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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The officials said its investigation found that a quarter of Jewish students felt physically unsafe on the Ivy League campus, and Jewish and Israeli students were assaulted and spit on.—
June 30,
CBS News,
30 June 2025
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The administration claimed that Harvard failed to act despite being aware that Jewish and Israeli students felt unsafe on campus.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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These raids are reckless and sow more chaos and division in our city.—
Anna Commander
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Two other Democrats, however, have denounced the strikes as a reckless escalation.—
Lila Hempel-Edgers,
Charlotte Observer,
27 June 2025
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“Heedless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heedless. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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