heedless
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Synonyms & Antonyms for heedless
Synonyms
careless, incautious, mindless, unguarded, unsafe, unwary
Antonyms
alert, cautious, circumspect, gingerly, guarded, heedful, safe, wary
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The first is lowering pedestrian fear and annoyance of heedless scooter riders zooming by. — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: Scooters should slow their roll; It’s about moral — not mental — health; Leading fight for fair elections (8/14/19)," 14 Aug. 2019 Or, more relevantly, what is the value of their voice when it is ignored by the unswerving dictate of a heedless authoritarian behemoth? — Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, "The Disillusion and Frustration of a New Generation is Fuelling Hong Kong’s Protests," 3 July 2019 In that sense, The Smallest Minority is the perfect antidote to our heedless age of populist politics. — Noah Rothman, National Review, "Kevin Williamson’s Revolt against the Hivemind," 25 July 2019 Yet Kennan’s dictum applies today, when the heedless pursuit of extravagant objectives — fantasies of regime change in Tehran offering only the latest example — finds the United States mired in a condition of permanent war. — Andrew J. Bacevich, Twin Cities, "Andrew Bacevich: Trump’s reluctance to bomb foreign countries is a strength, not a sign of weakness," 4 July 2019 Secondary performances sometimes careen through heedless exuberance into flat-out clumsiness; Mr. Chu is at his best as a director of actors in calmer scenes with strong emotional charges. — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, "‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Review: Conspicuously Consuming Fun," 16 Aug. 2018 With the others hitting nearby, this looked heedless, like a movie colonel not flinching amid a mortar barrage. — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, "Inside the Cultish Dreamworld of Augusta National," 14 June 2019 Trump’s illiberalism—his cockeyed expressions of admiration for such leaders as Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, and Rodrigo Duterte, and his heedless detachment from American norms—betrays that faith. — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, "Donald Trump and the Stress Test of Liberal Democracy," 13 Mar. 2017 Of course, some heedless drivers ignore the etiquette and barrel through first. — Peter Saenger, WSJ, "A Driving Tour of Devon, England—on Perilously Narrow Roads," 30 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'heedless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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