heedless

adjective

ˈhēd-ləs How to pronounce heedless (audio)
Definition of heedlessnext
as in careless
not paying or showing close attention especially for the purpose of avoiding trouble heedless drivers who back out of parking spaces without looking

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Recent Examples of heedless Our goal is to bleed Russia dry with Ukrainian soldiers and sacrifices heedless of the industrial-scale suffering inflicted on the Ukrainian people. — Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025 My headlong descent had much more to do with a willful and heedless pursuit of hedonism. — Rachel Desantis, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for heedless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heedless
  1. careless
  2. unsafe
  3. reckless
Adjective
  • The team held a multiple-point lead with seconds to go, but careless defense and turnovers cost them.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Top-four defencemen Darnell Nurse and Jake Walman were also careless with the puck at times.
    — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of careless
Adjective
  • McKell said the new law targets life coaches who had lost their therapist licenses because the state deemed them unsafe to work with patients.
    — Jessica Schreifels, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The building has been unsafe to occupy due to asbestos and other issues for all but a few weeks since.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of unsafe
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Democrats slammed the Signal chat as a reckless violation of secrecy that could have put service members in harm’s way.
    — Stephen Groves, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Marcantonio faces four counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and a single count each of reckless driving, failure to maintain the proper lane and first-degree manslaughter.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of reckless

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