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noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of heedless
Adjective
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 In short, a willful, erratic and heedless president is prepared to risk both the U.S. and global economy to make his ideological point. Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heedless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heedless
Adjective
  • Although Hill initially received two tickets for careless driving and not wearing a seat belt, they were dismissed after the officer who cited him didn’t show up to the Miami-Dade traffic hearing.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
  • Of those fires, 90% were caused by careless human activity, the agency said.
    Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Now, Espinosa and his wife are suing the sheriff's office, alleging deliberate indifference and medical negligence.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • The lawsuit accuses other officers of assault, battery, false imprisonment and rape, and says the department is to blame because of negligence.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Improper Conduct – Any member attempting to or engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct, unsafe conduct, or conduct detrimental to racing; INDYCAR; and/or to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, whether during an Event or on/off the Track, may be subject to any or all penalties.
    Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • And not all of the aid is reaching the Palestinian population, with some held up because of unsafe transit routes or looted on its way to distribution points.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • Mark Dial, a former Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a motorist during an August 2023 traffic stop, faces up to six years in prison as a jury convicted him of voluntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and possessing an instrument of crime, but acquitted him of murder charges.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
  • The student was taken into custody and transported to the Meriden Police Department where they were charged with first-degree arson, reckless burning, first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree breach of peace.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025

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“Heedless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heedless. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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