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heedlessness



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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 cascade of cases carries an unavoidable sense of Greek tragedy, of characters finally dragged down by their own heedlessness.

From Slate Oct. 5, 2020

He spied in their ambition, in their enthralment with the capacities of computers, the wide-eyed heedlessness that remains Silicon Valley’s Achilles heel.

From Nature Sep. 15, 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




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