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[ UK /ɹˈɛkləs/ ]
[ US /ˈɹɛkɫəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. characterized by careless unconcern
    reckless squandering of public funds
    the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes
  2. 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.
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