UNHEEDING Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

unheeding

adjective

Definition of unheeding

as in heedless

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Adjective

Like the wonderful Clover Club, raspberries have a heedless love for rose water, and that means Hendrick’s Gin.

— Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 13 June 2026
The time that went into making the film shows up, most notably, during a break in the middle of the story that (avoiding spoilers) takes Ray’s heedless behavior to a logical extreme.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026

Definition of heedless

Adjective

Kendall took off his shirt, unmindful of the scar slashing down his torso.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
To do this, Moments of Space is centered around Tibetan Dzogchen techniques, which emphasises mindfulness over the unconsciousness practice (unmindful thinking and feeling) many other apps focus on.

— Georgia Day, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024

Definition of unmindful

Adjective

In contrast, Dessalines is typically described as violent, unthinking, emotional and heartless.

— Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 June 2026
Along the way, Daisy and Hoke each will confront, acknowledge and, in a way, overcome their own often-unthinking prejudice.

— Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026

Definition of unthinking

Adjective

In 1945, according to an account by Stuart Klawans in The Nation, the Russians transported the negative back to Moscow and deposited it at Gosfilmofund, the Soviet film archive, unaware of its value.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
In a statement to the Tribune, a Conway spokesperson said the 34th Ward alderman had been unaware of the GrizzlyRock investment in Amentum and has no role in monitoring the around 50 companies in which GrizzlyRock invests.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of unaware

Adjective

Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud argued that speech errors could reveal hidden wishes or unconscious thoughts.

— Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
José Guadalupe Ramos Solano José Guadalupe Ramos Solano, 36, died on March 25, 2026, after being found unconscious at the Adelanto Detention Center, California.

— Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Definition of unconscious

Adjective

That changed in April 2023 when unknowing construction workers unceremoniously removed a disintegrating Pinky from its eyrie.

— Ryan Steven Green, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Years earlier, at the time of the stage production, someone captured the two of them fresh faced, standing next to each other, an unknowing sign of what was to come.

— Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026

Definition of unknowing

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