: not taking heed : inconsiderate, thoughtless
… heedless follies of unbridled youth …—
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heedlessly
adverb
heedlessness
noun
Examples of heedless in a Sentence
They remain heedless of their own safety.
the heedless use of natural resources
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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
Yet Disclosure Day also feels as much like an answer to Spielberg’s own War of the Worlds as his 1977 classic — and not just in the heedless forward momentum of its chase-heavy staging, recalling a bravura bit of highway speeding from the 2005 film.
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
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
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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
Yet Disclosure Day also feels as much like an answer to Spielberg’s own War of the Worlds as his 1977 classic — and not just in the heedless forward momentum of its chase-heavy staging, recalling a bravura bit of highway speeding from the 2005 film.
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
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
See All Example Sentences for heedless
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“Heedless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heedless. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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heedless
adjective
heed·less
ˈhēd-ləs 
: not taking heed : thoughtless
heedlessly
adverb
heedlessness
noun
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