unheeding

adjective

Definition of unheedingnext
as in heedless

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unheeding
  1. heedless
  2. unmindful
  3. oblivious
  4. unthinking
  5. unaware
  6. inattentive
  7. unconscious
  8. unknowing
Adjective
  • 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, PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of heedless
Adjective
  • To do this, Moments of Space is centered around Tibetan Dzogchen techniques, which emphasises mindfulness over the unconsciousness practice (unmindful thinking and feeling) many other apps focus on.
    Georgia Day, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Verdugo can continue the virtual Fit Mind program, where LR learned about Cookie Monster’s unmindful eating.
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023
Definition of unmindful
Adjective
  • That Biden would be oblivious to this truth isn’t surprising when it’s remembered that he’s spent his career in the public sector.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Crocodiles hunt for prey in sewage ponds, hippos lumber past industrial buildings, and zebras and buffalo graze contentedly by the roadside, seemingly oblivious to their human audience.
    Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of oblivious
Adjective
  • But Russians are also considered by their leaders as an unthinking mass that must blindly follow their leader.
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2022
  • 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
Definition of unthinking
Adjective
  • Two recent studies showed that many Americans are unaware of the risks of HPV and the benefits of HPV vaccination.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Balter was unaware of any other county health department in the state or the nation sending fliers out to residents, but said she was recently contacted by a county in another state that was interested in L.A. County’s material.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of unaware
Adjective
  • Lead Exposure In Children Caused Millions Of US Psychiatric Cases And Must End By Sean Duke Science Editor 0 The co-author of a new landmark study that says lead exposure caused 151 million Americans to become depressed, anxious, inattentive or hyperactive has called for it to be banned.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, my dad — the lone male in a household full of women — occasionally earned himself gentle scolding for being too loud or inattentive during important conversations.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of inattentive
Adjective
  • Delve into the profound depths of your unconscious mind as an expert reader harnesses the transformative power of tarot cards.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Cherokee County Sheriff's Office Her assailant strangled her nearly unconscious twice.
    Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of unconscious
Adjective
  • The Mangusta has none, and traveling over tar strips and on certain road surfaces is enough to prompt unknowing passengers to inquire with some urgency as to the source of all that noise.
    Car and Driver, Car and Driver, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Now axe-wielding and neck-snapping murderers, the duo have launched into a flesh-seeking rampage, honey-bent on killing not just their former human friend but descending on four unknowing college students staying at home in the woods.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022
Definition of unknowing
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