unheeding

Definition of unheedingnext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unheeding
Adjective
  • This emphasis on wholesome working-class respectability is heedless of the ’60s rushing toward them, a decade that, by 1958, the other counselors have prematurely embraced.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
  • Humanity is heedless of all the clutter in those bands.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Kendall took off his shirt, unmindful of the scar slashing down his torso.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The unmindful construction planning, noise and light pollution, and Tesla traffic jams have meanwhile done nothing to endear the diner to those living nearby — the lifeblood of most successful restaurants — and anti-Musk demonstrators are organizing a series of protests at the location.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
Adjective
  • Clement’s sad-sack charm successfully boosts the leap of faith required to keep Steve from becoming an oblivious creep, but the show belongs to Walker.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Golden retrievers remained cheerfully oblivious as usual.
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • To stay in that state of unthinking presence was like walking a tightrope only to suddenly look down, panic, and come plunging back to Earth.
    Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The second leg of the triangle would be to have three or four of the CTA board members be people who actually use the CTA, rather than a board of all political back-scratchers who are unaware of the CTA’s dynamics.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
  • Prosecutors say the shooting victim is currently unable to move anything but his eyes and is unaware when his family is in the room with him at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
Adjective
  • This is not to say Costco shoppers are inattentive.
    Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • The Waffle House waitress said the building’s management was inattentive to a raft of deeper issues, from sewage backups that crept into her bathtub to mold and a malfunctioning air conditioning unit.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
Adjective
  • The girl — identified in the affidavit as 18-year-old Paige Mahone — was found breathing but unconscious on the passenger floor, below the glovebox, according to the affidavit.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 8 June 2026
  • The caller said family members had found the elderly woman, identified as Kun-Ying Yang, unconscious in her apartment.
    Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Adjective
  • The new season takes place at the fictional Oak Canyon Ranch Retreat, providing more areas for the cast — and thus more places for their unknowing star to roam.
    Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
  • But the scale of the production design challenge was in building spaces that would appear seamless but allow the crew to always track Norman and adjust the frame in order to spotlight the show’s unknowing hero — over almost 300,000 square feet.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Unheeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unheeding. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.

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