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Reckless

//ˈɹɛkləs// adj, name

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Adjective

1
Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
2
Indifferent or oblivious to danger or the consequences thereof.
"Escalation is the film’s nuclear energy source. It’s there, of course, in the downright lunatic stunts performed by [Tom] Cruise, again defying good sense and his own advancing years to top his previous feats of reckless self-endangerment."

Adjective

1
marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences wordnet
2
characterized by careless unconcern wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English rekles, reckeles, rekkeles, (also recheles), from Old English rēcelēas (“reckless, careless, negligent”), equivalent to reck + -less. Cognate with West Frisian roekeleas (“reckless”), Dutch roekeloos (“reckless”), German Low German ruuklos (“careless”), German ruchlos (“careless, notorious”).

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