reckless

English

Alternative forms

• rechless, retchless (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English rekles, reckeles, from Old English rēcelēas (“reckless, careless, negligent”), equivalent to reck +‎ -less. Cognate with Dutch roekeloos (“reckless”), German ruchlos (“careless, notorious”).

Adjective

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

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

Antonyms

• reckful

Derived terms

• recklessness

Translations

careless or heedless; headstrong or rash

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
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• Catalan: imprudent (ca)
• Cherokee: ᏄᏁᎸᎾ (chr) (nunelvna)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: bezohledný (cs) m, bezstarostný (cs) m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: roekeloos (nl)
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• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: harkitsematon (fi), holtiton (fi)
• French: irresponsable (fr), insouciant (fr)
• German: waghalsig (de)
• Greek: απερίσκεπτος (el) (aperískeptos)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: vakmerő (hu)
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• Ido: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: sembrono (id)
• Irish: ráscánta (ga), meargánta (ga), neamhchúramach (ga)

• Italian: avventato (it)
• Japanese: 無謀 (ja) (むぼう, mubō), 無知 (ja) (むち, muchi)
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• Polish: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: imprudente (pt)
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• Russian: безрассудный (ru) (bezrassúdnyj), опрометчивый (ru) (oprométčivyj), бесшабашный (ru) (besšabášnyj), безумный (ru) (bezúmnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: coma (gd)
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• Spanish: imprudente (es)
• Swedish: obetänksam (sv)
• Turkish: umursamaz (tr), kayıtsız (tr), ihtiyatsız (tr)
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indifferent to danger or the consequences

• Catalan: temerari (ca) m, temerària (ca) f
• Czech: bezstarostný (cs) m, lehkomyslný (cs)
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• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: roekeloos (nl)
• Finnish: huimapäinen, rämäpäinen, uhkarohkea, hurjapäinen, huima, yltiöpäinen (fi)
• French: téméraire (fr)
• German: rücksichtslos (de)
• Greek: απερίσκεπτος (el) (aperískeptos)
• Ido: please add this translation if you can

• Indonesian: gegabah (id)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: temerário (pt)
• Russian: беспечный (ru) (bespéčnyj), легкомысленный (ru) (lexkomу́slennyj), безответственный (ru) (bezotvétstvennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: coma
• Spanish: temerario (es)
• Swedish: vårdslös (sv), lättsinnig (sv)
• Turkish: korkusuz (tr), pervasız (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Portuguese: inconsequente

Anagrams

• clerkess