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reckless Definition

reck·less (rek′lis)

adjective

  1. careless; heedless
  2. not regarding consequences; headlong and irresponsible; rash

Etymology: ME reckeles < OE recceleas: see reck & -less

reckless Related Forms

reck′·lessly adverb reck′·less·ness noun

reckless Synonyms

reckless

modif.

thoughtless, heedless, breakneck, wild; see rash.

reckless Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • almost: In an almost reckless hurry, the Iranians had skipped many of the intermediate testing steps.
  • so: I can't TRAIN HIM, he's so reckless you see!
  • little: Let's face it, it would have been a little reckless to go out in old boots.
  • even: It is wrong and even reckless to blindly imitate the west in everything.
  • very: It was very reckless to go bail in this way.
  • not: A party that will be prudent, not reckless.

Preposition: with

  • yours: Don't be reckless with other people's vehicles, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours ' .
  • people: Don't be reckless with other people 's SRT kits, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Modifies a noun

  • disregard: Their aim is to help and advise but if they find some reckless disregard for the law they will have to acts.
  • endangerment: They were charged with arson, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment, authorities said.
  • driving: In fact, most reckless driving, we know, is carried out by young men.
  • lending: The stricter licensing regime must be implemented speedily so reckless lending and other sharp practices are clamped down on and punished.
  • gamble: To assume this regime's good faith is to bet the lives of millions and the peace of the world in a reckless gamble.
  • killing: It seeks to make the offense of involuntary manslaughter clearer by defining two new offenses of reckless killing and killing by gross carelessness.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: But to be in charge of such a highly powerful vehicle without knowing how or why you're driving it seems reckless to me.
  • become: She becomes reckless through force of circumstances that are outside her control.
  • grow: I grow reckless like that when I want a thing and can't get it.
  • say: Now he has embarked on an ambitious, some would say reckless, TV project.
  • get: Nations get reckless about God and reckless about themselves.

Preposition: in

extreme: Arguments that his fall would require little American military investment are reckless in the extreme.