Reckless

Reck′less

,

Adj.

[AS.

recceleás

,

rēceleás

.]

1.

Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.

Chaucer.

2.

Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.

It made the king as

reckless

as them diligent.

Sir P. Sidney.

Syn. – Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent; indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive; remiss; rash.

–

Reck′less-ly

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adv.

–

Reck′less-ness

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Noun.

Reckless

RECK'LESS

,

Adj.

Careless; heedless; mindless.

I made the king reckless, as them diligent.

reckless

English

Alternative forms

rechless, retchless (obsolete)

Adjective

reckless ‎(comparative recklesser or more reckless, superlative recklessest or most reckless)

Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
Indifferent to danger or the consequences.

Antonyms

reckful

Derived terms

recklessness

Translations

careless or heedless; headstrong or rash

Arabic:
Armenian: անխոհեմ (hy) ‎(anxohem), անշրջահայաց (hy) ‎(anšrǰahayacʿ)
Bulgarian:
Catalan: imprudent
Cherokee: ᏄᏁᎸᎾ ‎(nunelvna)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 魯莽 (zh), 鲁莽 (zh) ‎(lǔmǎng), 愣頭愣腦 (zh), 愣头愣脑 (zh) ‎(lèngtóu-lèngnǎo), 毛頭毛腦 (zh), 毛头毛脑 (zh) ‎(máotóu-máonǎo)

Min Nan: 鲁莽 ‎(loo2-bong2)
Czech: bezohledný m, bezstarostný m
Danish: skødesløs, ubetænksom
Dutch: roekeloos (nl)
Esperanto:
Estonian:
Finnish: harkitsematon (fi), holtiton (fi)
French: irresponsable (fr), insouciant (fr)
Georgian: წინდაუხედავი ‎(c̣indauxedavi), თავზეხელაღებული ‎(tavzexelaɣebuli), დაუდევარი ‎(daudevari), გაუფრთხილებელი ‎(gauprtxilebeli)
German: waghalsig (de)
Greek: απερίσκεπτος (el) ‎(aperískeptos)
Hebrew:
Hungarian: vakmerő (hu)
Icelandic:
Ido:
Indonesian: sembrono (id)
Irish: ráscánta, meargánta, neamhchúramach

Italian: avventato (it)
Japanese: 無謀 ‎(むぼう, mubō), 無知 (ja) ‎(むち, muchi)
Khmer: មិនប្រយ័ត្នប្រយែង ‎(mɨn prɑyat prɑyɛɛŋ)
Korean:
Latvian: neapdomīgs m, neapdomīga f, pārsteidzīgs m, pārsteidzīga f
Lithuanian:
Maori: tōtōā
Mirandese:
Occitan:
Polish:
Portuguese: imprudente (pt)
Romanian: nesăbuit (ro), nechibzuit (ro), imprudent (ro)
Russian: безрассу́дный (ru) ‎(bezrassúdnyj), опроме́тчивый (ru) ‎(oprométčivyj), бесшаба́шный (ru) ‎(besšabášnyj), безу́мный (ru) ‎(bezúmnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: coma
Slovak:
Spanish: imprudente (es)
Swedish: obetänksam (sv)
Turkish: umursamaz (tr), kayıtsız (tr), ihtiyatsız (tr)
Ukrainian: безрозсудний (uk) ‎(bezrozsúdnyj), нерозсудливий ‎(nerozsúdlyvyj)
Vietnamese:
Volapük:
Welsh:
Yiddish:

indifferent to danger or the consequences

Armenian: անհոգ (hy) ‎(anhog), անփույթ (hy) ‎(anpʿuytʿ), անպատասխանատու (hy) ‎(anpatasxanatu), թեթեւամիտ ‎(tʿetʿewamit)
Catalan: temerari m, temerària f
Czech: bezstarostný m, lehkomyslný
Danish: letsindig
Dhivehi:
Dutch: roekeloos (nl)
Finnish: huimapäinen, rämäpäinen, uhkarohkea, hurjapäinen, huima, yltiöpäinen
French: téméraire (fr)
Georgian: თავზეხელაღებული ‎(tavzexelaɣebuli), დაუდევარი ‎(daudevari)
German: rücksichtslos (de), waghalsig (de), verwegen (de), halsbrecherisch (de)
Greek: απερίσκεπτος (el) ‎(aperískeptos)

Ido:
Indonesian: gegabah (id)
Italian: spericolato (it)
Khmer: ដែលមិនប្រយ័ត្ន ‎(dael mɨn prɑyat)
Maori: tōtōā, pokerenoa, nanakia
Portuguese: temerário (pt)
Russian: беспе́чный (ru) ‎(bespéčnyj), легкомы́сленный (ru) ‎(lexkomýslennyj), безотве́тственный (ru) ‎(bezotvétstvennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: coma
Spanish: temerario (es), desconsiderado (es), imprudente (es)
Swedish: vårdslös (sv), lättsinnig (sv)
Turkish: korkusuz (tr), pervasız (tr)

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