heedlessadjective
uk/ˈhiːd.ləs/us/ˈhiːd.ləs/formalnot giving attention to a risk or possible difficulty:
Heedless destruction of the rainforests is contributing to global warming.
Journalists had insisted on getting to the front line of the battle, heedless of the risks.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not paying attention
- absent
- absent-minded
- absently
- abstracted
- anyhow
- be having a moment idiom
- blind
- drop/lower your guard idiom
- faraway
- glaze
- go back to sleep! idiom
- hasty
- not take a blind bit of notice idiom
- perfunctory
- remiss
- sideline
- slapdash
- slaphappy
- sloppy
- wander
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heedlessly
adverb uk/ˈhiːd.ləs.li/us/ˈhiːd.ləs.li/