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reckless adjective [ ˈrɛkləs ]

• heedless of danger or the consequences of one's actions; rash or impetuous.
• "you mustn't be so reckless"
Similar: rash, careless, thoughtless, incautious, heedless, unheeding, inattentive, hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitous, impetuous, impulsive, daredevil, devil-may-care, hot-headed, irresponsible, wild, foolhardy, headlong, over-adventurous, over-venturesome, audacious, death-or-glory, ill-advised, injudicious, misguided, hare-brained, madcap, imprudent, unwise, ill-considered, unconsidered, ill-conceived, unthinking, indiscreet, mindless, negligent, tearaway, harum-scarum, bull-in-a-china-shop, temerarious,
Opposite: careful, cautious, prudent,
Origin: Old English reccelēas, from the Germanic base (meaning ‘care’) of reck.


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