Reckless \Reck"less\, a. [AS. reccele['a]s, r[=e]cele['a]s.]
1. Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.
--Chaucer.
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2. Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.
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It made the king as reckless as them diligent. --Sir
P. Sidney.
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Syn: Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent;
indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive;
remiss; rash.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
reckless
adj 1: marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for
danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to
seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest
and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless
driver"; "a rash attempt to climb the World Trade
Center" [syn: foolhardy, rash]
2: characterized by careless unconcerned; "the heedless
generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used
to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering
of public funds" [syn: heedless]
WordNet (r) 2.0
157 Moby Thesaurus words for "reckless":
accident-prone, adventuresome, agile, airy, apathetic, ataractic,
audacious, blase, brash, breakneck, carefree, careless, casual,
cursory, dangerous, daredevil, daring, dashing, degage, desperate,
devil-may-care, disinterested, dispassionate, disregardant,
disregardful, double-quick, eagle-winged, easygoing, expeditious,
express, fast, feckless, fleet, flippant, flying, foolhardy,
foolish, forgetful, free and easy, furious, galloping,
hair-trigger, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, heedless, hopeless,
hotheaded, hurried, hustling, ill-advised, ill-considered,
ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged, impatient,
impetuous, impolitic, imprudent, impulsive, inadvisable,
inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, incurious, indifferent,
indiscreet, inexcitable, inexpedient, injudicious, insensate,
insouciant, irrational, irresponsible, lackadaisical, lazy,
light of heel, light-footed, listless, lively, mad, madcap,
mercurial, mindless, misadvised, misguided, myopic, negligent,
nimble, nimble-footed, nonchalant, oblivious, offhand, overeager,
overenthusiastic, overhasty, overzealous, perfunctory, pococurante,
precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, prompt, quick,
quick as lightning, quick as thought, rapid, rash, reasonless,
regardless, respectless, running, senseless, shortsighted,
slap-bang, slapdash, snappy, spanking, speedy, sudden, swift,
tactless, temerarious, thoughtless, turned-off, unadvised,
unanxious, unconcerned, unconsidered, undiplomatic, undiscerning,
undiscriminating, unforeseeing, unheedful, unheeding, uninterested,
unmindful, unprepared, unready, unreasonable, unreflecting,
unreflective, unseeing, unsensible, unsolicitous, unsound,
untactful, unthinking, unthoughtful, unwise, venturesome,
venturous, wanton, wild, winged, witless
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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