Reckless

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Reck"less*ly}, adv. --
          {Reck"less*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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