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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reckless  \Reck"less\,  a.  [AS.  reccele['a]s,  r[=e]cele['a]s.] 
  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},  adv  -- 
  {Reck"less*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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}]




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