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Definition of reckless in English: recklessadjective ˈrɛkləsˈrɛkləs Heedless of danger or the consequences of one's actions; rash or impetuous. you mustn't be so reckless Example sentencesExamples - It doesn't take a reckless person or a wild spending spree to create a debt crisis.
- Even an organised road safety session at the crossing did not deter reckless drivers.
- After all, the creditors should also pay the costs of their reckless credit decisions.
- It is our case that he was reckless and negligent in the way he drove.
- Manchester Crown Court was told the tragedy was caused by a momentary, reckless error of judgement.
- He had been reckless to start a violent bust-up on the stairs when he had had too much alcohol, the court was told.
- He had not thrown the fire extinguisher deliberately but accepts he was reckless, he said.
- The reckless gambler goes to the roulette wheel and places his last million on his favourite number.
- Boy racers face seeing their cars behind bars as part of a Maldon police crackdown on reckless driving.
- Just last week, in one of my more reckless moods, I decided to colour my hair blue.
- But critics fear more tragedies could occur unless reckless behaviour is tackled.
- Still I was a little bit worried that I had been reckless to accept hospitality from a complete stranger.
- Villagers are donning fluorescent jackets and going out on patrol to help curb reckless driving.
- They do not want to believe that he would wage a pointless war, that he is as reckless as he is.
- It has a reckless disregard for accuracy, coupled with breathtaking ignorance.
- A police investigation blamed the driver of the minibus for reckless driving.
- Their biggest problem was persuading the enthusiastic local spies not to be reckless.
- Anyone who saw him could tell that the driving was reckless and very dangerous.
- They say the reckless use of weaponry could result in innocent people getting killed.
- His reckless gamble failed and he ended up old and ill in a wrecked building surrounded by yes men.
Synonyms 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 British tearaway informal harum-scarum, bull-in-a-china-shop rare temerarious
Origin Old English reccelēas, from the Germanic base (meaning 'care') of reck. Definition of reckless in US English: recklessadjectiveˈrekləsˈrɛkləs (of a person or their actions) without thinking or caring about the consequences of an action. Example sentencesExamples - Anyone who saw him could tell that the driving was reckless and very dangerous.
- They say the reckless use of weaponry could result in innocent people getting killed.
- Their biggest problem was persuading the enthusiastic local spies not to be reckless.
- Even an organised road safety session at the crossing did not deter reckless drivers.
- They do not want to believe that he would wage a pointless war, that he is as reckless as he is.
- Boy racers face seeing their cars behind bars as part of a Maldon police crackdown on reckless driving.
- A police investigation blamed the driver of the minibus for reckless driving.
- His reckless gamble failed and he ended up old and ill in a wrecked building surrounded by yes men.
- Villagers are donning fluorescent jackets and going out on patrol to help curb reckless driving.
- Just last week, in one of my more reckless moods, I decided to colour my hair blue.
- It has a reckless disregard for accuracy, coupled with breathtaking ignorance.
- But critics fear more tragedies could occur unless reckless behaviour is tackled.
- Still I was a little bit worried that I had been reckless to accept hospitality from a complete stranger.
- It doesn't take a reckless person or a wild spending spree to create a debt crisis.
- He had been reckless to start a violent bust-up on the stairs when he had had too much alcohol, the court was told.
- He had not thrown the fire extinguisher deliberately but accepts he was reckless, he said.
- Manchester Crown Court was told the tragedy was caused by a momentary, reckless error of judgement.
- It is our case that he was reckless and negligent in the way he drove.
- The reckless gambler goes to the roulette wheel and places his last million on his favourite number.
- After all, the creditors should also pay the costs of their reckless credit decisions.
Synonyms rash, careless, thoughtless, incautious, heedless, unheeding, inattentive, hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitous, impetuous, impulsive, daredevil, devil-may-care, hot-headed
Origin Old English reccelēas, from the Germanic base (meaning ‘care’) of reck. |