UNHEEDING Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

unheeding

adjective

Definition of unheeding

as in heedless

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Adjective

Damon’s Odysseus is numbed by the massacre of Troy’s civilians; Fiennes’ hates himself for leading the best men of Ithaca to their death, gutting his own community in the heedless destruction of another.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Later, in Capital, Marx warns that soil depletion caused by the heedless exploitation of nature would threaten the physical foundation of society itself.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 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 Digger, Cruise — nearly unrecognizable in makeup and prosthetics — plays an oblivious oil tycoon whose drilling in Greenland dislodges an ice shelf from a glacier that’s going to cause a global disaster.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Her face crumples amid strained phone calls with A’s oblivious mother, while her eyes blaze like a four-alarm fire during a crushing panic attack brought on by a pushy date.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of oblivious

Adjective

Watching the slow, unthinking undulations of Technicolor bells trailing lengthy tentacles like slo-mo ribbon dancers is strangely soothing.

— Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026
In contrast, Dessalines is typically described as violent, unthinking, emotional and heartless.

— Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 June 2026

Definition of unthinking

Adjective

While calling a Reds game on Cincinnati television in 2020, Brennaman used an anti-gay slur just as a commercial break ended, unaware his microphone was live.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
One worker told fire investigators Pearce had been working on the panels, but Lineage was unaware whether the solar panels were already feeding power to the grid.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of unaware

Adjective

During the first couple weeks of July, unknowing customers still came to the cafe almost every day.

— Lauren Ng, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Like his Borat character, Cohen interviews people on the street as Ali G and often gets himself into hilarious and cringe-worthy situations with unknowing victims.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 22 July 2026

Definition of unknowing

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