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unheeded

British  
/ ʌnˈhiːdɪd /

adjective

  1. noticed or heard but disregarded

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In the fireworks incident, the leaked records show that the department handed a five-day suspension to Brendan McCarty, a technician whose warning to his colleagues that the plan wasn’t safe went unheeded.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

The huge demand in the U.S. attests to advice gone unheeded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The Semaf train driver union has called a three-day strike in February, saying their warnings about safety had gone unheeded.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

While reflecting the time in which it was written, the Kalven Report has been misinterpreted — its important contingency about threats to a university’s existence has been largely discarded and gone unheeded.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Laura Keene has the presence of mind to march to center stage and cry out for calm and sanity, but her words go unheeded.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

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