Hypertext Webster Gateway: "recklessness"

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) 1.7 (wn)

recklessness
n : the trait of giving little thought to danger [syn: {foolhardiness},
{rashness}]


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