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Recent Examples of heedless 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 Our goal is to bleed Russia dry with Ukrainian soldiers and sacrifices heedless of the industrial-scale suffering inflicted on the Ukrainian people. 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 See All Example Sentences for heedless
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Adjective
  • For instance, an officer or insurance adjuster might claim your lack of footwear contributed to reckless or careless driving, and the matter could even be brought up in court or during an insurance review.
    Georgea Kovanis, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This Earth sign can be quite the perfectionist, preferring order and discernment over anything remotely vague and careless.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Today’s action gives us another tool to both address these unsafe conditions and safeguard nearby residents, students, and businesses.
    Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In a psychologically unsafe environment, individuals are less likely to challenge authority, raise concerns, or disclose errors.
    Andrew Binns, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For instance, an officer or insurance adjuster might claim your lack of footwear contributed to reckless or careless driving, and the matter could even be brought up in court or during an insurance review.
    Georgea Kovanis, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Set in 1968 suburbia, Father of Us follows five siblings caught between their magnetic but reckless father and their radiant but overwhelmed mother.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Heedless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heedless. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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