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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences;
- Example: "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"
- Example: "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay
- Example: "a reckless driver"
- Example: "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"
[syn: foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless]

2. characterized by careless unconcern;
- Example: "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton
- Example: "reckless squandering of public funds"
[syn: heedless, reckless]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reckless
    adj 1: marked by 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 Mount Everest" [syn: foolhardy, heady,
           rash, reckless]
    2: characterized by careless unconcern; "the heedless generosity
       and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large
       fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public
       funds" [syn: heedless, reckless]