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
To this day, heedless shootings at parades are not unheard of in the Big Easy.
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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
Phishing sites are fraudulent pages that ape secure sites and try to fool heedless visitors into giving away their credentials.
—PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
In short, a willful, erratic and heedless president is prepared to risk both the U.S. and global economy to make his ideological point.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
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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
Phishing sites are fraudulent pages that ape secure sites and try to fool heedless visitors into giving away their credentials.
—PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
In short, a willful, erratic and heedless president is prepared to risk both the U.S. and global economy to make his ideological point.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heedless
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State troopers cited the truck driver who caused the crash, a 57-year-old Texas man, for careless driving causing injury, according to the agency.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
7 June 2025
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Edmund Richard Hartley, 31, the yacht captain towing Adler and another girl, was charged with four counts of careless boating, including one count for not having a lookout to keep an eye on the girls.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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And in low- and mid-income countries, US$110 billion is lost every year in productivity and medical expenses resulting from unsafe food, per World Health Organization (WHO) data.—
Danielle Nierenberg,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The driver accelerated away, making unsafe lane changes and weaving in and out of traffic, the trooper's report said.—
Madison Lambert,
NBC news,
6 June 2025
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The girl’s 47-year-old stepmom is charged with child endangerment and reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle, Shelby County court records show.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Charlotte Observer,
6 June 2025
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Sadly, the reckless political extremism of mid-20th century America is also having a revival.—
Jane S. Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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“Heedless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heedless. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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