Meaning of reckless in English:
reckless
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adjective
Heedless of danger or the consequences of one's actions; rash or impetuous.
‘you mustn't be so reckless’- ‘reckless driving’
- ‘A police investigation blamed the driver of the minibus for reckless driving.’
- ‘Villagers are donning fluorescent jackets and going out on patrol to help curb reckless driving.’
- ‘Boy racers face seeing their cars behind bars as part of a Maldon police crackdown on reckless driving.’
- ‘It is our case that he was reckless and negligent in the way he drove.’
- ‘Anyone who saw him could tell that the driving was reckless and very dangerous.’
- ‘It doesn't take a reckless person or a wild spending spree to create a debt crisis.’
- ‘Their biggest problem was persuading the enthusiastic local spies not to be reckless.’
- ‘After all, the creditors should also pay the costs of their reckless credit decisions.’
- ‘It has a reckless disregard for accuracy, coupled with breathtaking ignorance.’
- ‘Just last week, in one of my more reckless moods, I decided to colour my hair blue.’
- ‘Still I was a little bit worried that I had been reckless to accept hospitality from a complete stranger.’
- ‘Manchester Crown Court was told the tragedy was caused by a momentary, reckless error of judgement.’
- ‘But critics fear more tragedies could occur unless reckless behaviour is tackled.’
- ‘They do not want to believe that he would wage a pointless war, that he is as reckless as he is.’
- ‘They say the reckless use of weaponry could result in innocent people getting killed.’
- ‘Even an organised road safety session at the crossing did not deter reckless drivers.’
- ‘He had been reckless to start a violent bust-up on the stairs when he had had too much alcohol, the court was told.’
- ‘His reckless gamble failed and he ended up old and ill in a wrecked building surrounded by yes men.’
- ‘The reckless gambler goes to the roulette wheel and places his last million on his favourite number.’
- ‘He had not thrown the fire extinguisher deliberately but accepts he was reckless, he said.’
rash, careless, thoughtless, incautious, heedless, unheeding, inattentive, hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitous, impetuous, impulsive, daredevil, devil-may-care, hot-headedView synonyms
Origin
Old English reccelēas, from the Germanic base (meaning ‘care’) of reck.
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