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UK
/ɹˈɛkləs/
]
[ US /ˈɹɛkɫəs/ ]
[ US /ˈɹɛkɫəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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characterized by careless unconcern
reckless squandering of public funds
the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes -
marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker
a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest
a reckless driver
became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans
How To Use reckless In A Sentence
- Not so with this trivial, lawless country club set of the 1920's, drunk part of the time and reckless all of it, codeless, dutiless, restless. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism
- He dashed into the burning house with reckless abandon .
- Both acts are born of reckless selfishness and crass stupidity and both should be condemned. The Sun
- He was accused of causing death by reckless driving .
- I admire your fortitude, but there's a fine line between being a trouper and recklessness.
- With drink and festive cheer in excess, it's easy to throw caution to the wind and find yourself acting recklessly on a Christmas night out.
- He had always been reckless with money.
- The only difference between audacity and recklessness is whether or not you win, and in this case a clever Union officer tricked Lee into making an audacious move that ultimately became a reckless endeavour. A Sorrowful Tale of High Velocity
- Carl, a reckless billionaire adventurer, has financed an expedition by an expert spelunker and diver named Frank McGuire Richard Roxburgh, to chart the unexplored portions of Esa'ala and discover a previously uncharted route through Esa'ala and back to the ocean coast. Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Sanctum
- He was very lively, sharp-witted, and perceptive about many things - yet he could also be bitter, cruel in his observations, and reckless in his behaviour.