wreckless

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English

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Etymology 1

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From wreck +‎ -less.[1]

Adjective

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wreckless (comparative more wreckless, superlative most wreckless)

  1. Without causing or suffering a wreck.
    • 1822, [Lord Byron], “Heaven and Earth, a Mystery, […]”, in The Liberal. Verse and Prose from the South., volume I, number II, London: […] John Hunt, […], part I, scene III, page 200:
      Hence to where our all-hallowed ark uprears / Its safe and wreckless sides.

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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wreckless

  1. Misspelling of reckless.

References

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  1. ^ “wreckless, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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