heedlessness

Example Sentences

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The United States is not alone in its heedlessness.

From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 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 result of that heedlessness, as we’ve seen in these pandemic months, is quite literally death.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2020

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

Its activities had saved the fruit growers several millions of dollars a year, but in a moment of heedlessness the benefit was canceled out.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson