reckless

[Reck·less]

If you are reckless, you don't think or care about the consequences of your words or actions, like a reckless driver who speeds while texting, knitting, and eating a sandwich.

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Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.

Adjective S.
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 th

Adjective S.
characterized by careless unconcerned; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds"


a.
Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.

a.
Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.


Reckless

Reck"less, a. [AS. reccele'a0s, r&emac;cele'a0s.] 1. Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent. Chaucer. 2. Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.
It made the king as reckless as them diligent.
Syn. -- Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent; indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive; remiss; rash. -- Reck"less*ly, adv. -- Reck"less*ness, n.

Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.

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Usage Examples

My heart has been heavy and I have deliberated within my own conscience, knowing that my decision should not come out of my initial emotion of anger toward the President for such reckless behavior, but should be based on the facts.

They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

President Obama's reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon could put almost 44,000 jobs at stake right here in Pennsylvania. we are not going to let that happen. You know why? Because No. 1, national defense is the first priority of the federal government.

Today we must make a pact with each other to end this reckless conduct with the people's government.

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.

It is past time for Republican leadership to answer for record deficits and reckless spending, both in Iraq and in the U.S. It's time for a plan to bring our troops home.

The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

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