unheeding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unheeding
Adjective
  • His specialty is now the heedless hero whose certainty about his righteousness drives him to extremes.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • His Victor is the product of a coddling mother (Mia Goth), who dies young and leaves him emotionally adrift, and a domineering father (Charles Dance), who molds him into a brilliant but heedless inventor.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
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
  • This is not to say that Woody was oblivious to my problems.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In terms of emotions, these Red Sox — and a goodly number of their fans — are just doing their thing, seemingly oblivious of the Yankees.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s the interest in Britney Spears and pop icons who had been assumed to be vacant, unthinking ingénues.
    Brandon Tensley, CNN, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The point is made: Pinocchio might have a hole where his heart should be, but is the unthinking servile person any less hollow?
    Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • His fellow students were largely unaware of his baseball stardom.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Most of our friends were unaware of what was happening.
    Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Tips for riders Be prepared for inattentive drivers by staying focused on riding and keeping your speed in check.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The remark was striking in its directness and suggested the pilot may have been inattentive at a critical moment.
    Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That was when the seizure occurred, making her fall unconscious.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Upon arriving at her unit, officers found her unconscious and unresponsive; EMS officials responded to the scene and found the actress dead.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • One of the strongest scenes in this episode is Maeve teaching the unknowing captive Sam how to swim.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The book opens with amnesia—the author’s and her mother’s—and from this place of unknowing, Rojas starts to examine her family’s history in Colombia, especially her grandfather Nono’s life as a curandero (shaman).
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Unheeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unheeding. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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