heedlessness
Example Sentences
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KK, the greatest in the Holy Koran, they give us a verse that says, man’s biggest flaw, his biggest weakness, is heedlessness.
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022
Coughlan approached the role with a sense of both heedlessness and complete calculation, qualities she would later bring to “Bridgerton.”
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022
Certainly there are other years or periods in which stupidity or heedlessness brought civilization in general close to eradication.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2021
The cascade of cases carries an unavoidable sense of Greek tragedy, of characters finally dragged down by their own heedlessness.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2020
And I suspect we had a similar intensity, a similar heedlessness, a similar agitation of the soul.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
