Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
careless or heedless; headstrong or rash:
Русский
By meaning 2
careless or heedless; headstrong or rash:
indifferent to danger or the consequences:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
careless or heedless; headstrong or rash:
indifferent to danger or the consequences:

Examples

120 sentences

  1. Tom is reckless.

    Том нерозважний. — deniko

    ruТом безрассуден. — Wezel

    deTom ist rücksichtslos. — Felixjp

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  2. Tom is being reckless, isn't he?

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  3. Tom is very reckless, isn't he?

    deTom ist ziemlich rücksichtslos, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

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Meaning

2 senses

  1. Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.

    waghalsig, unverantwortlich, unbekümmert

    безрассу́дныйbezrassúdnyj, опроме́тчивыйoprométčivyj, бесшаба́шныйbesšabášnyj

    безрозсу́днийbezrozsúdnyj, нерозсу́дливийnerozsúdlyvyj, нерозва́жнийnerozvážnyj

  2. Indifferent or oblivious to danger or the consequences thereof.

    rücksichtslos, waghalsig, verwegen

    беспе́чныйbespéčnyj, легкомы́сленныйlexkomýslennyj, безотве́тственныйbezotvétstvennyj

    marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

Origin

From Middle English rekles, reckeles, rekkeles, (also recheles), from Old English rēcelēas

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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Forms

recklesser/more reckless, recklessest/most reckless

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms
reckfulattentiveB2audientcarefulA1cautiousB1heedful

Word family

15 related words
RelatedbraveA2hastyB1cheekyB2maverickC2prideA2wrecklesscavalierhotheadedself-destructiveuncaringarrogancerecklessness
Derivedreckless endangermentrecklesslywet reckless

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • reckless young fellow
  • a reckless driver
  • a reckless young
  • reckless driver
  • reckless young

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reciprocityrecitalrecitationC2reciteB1recklesslyrecklessnessreckonB2

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