noun · uncountable · rare

recklessness

нерозсудливість

Fahrlässigkeit, Rücksichtslosigkeit, Leichtsinnigkeit, Gewagtheit

The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risksThe state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.

US/ɹˈɛkləsnəs/

» As soon as she came in, his recklessness vanished.

Meaning

1 senses

(uncountable, usually)The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.
His recklessness repeatedly put him in danger.
Leichtsinnigkeit, Fahrlässigkeit, Gewagtheit
нерозсудливістьnerozsudlyvistʹ

More definitions

the trait of giving little thought to danger

Examples

7 sentences

As soon as she came in, his recklessness vanished.
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Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.
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Smoking is the most stupid thing anyone can do—absurd recklessness.
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Because of my recklessness, I have been playing a losing game since childhood.
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Recklessness namely characterizes the blossoming youth, and wisdom old age.
deLeichtfertigkeit kennzeichnet nämlich die blühende Jugend, Klugheit das Alter.
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Translations

4 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

being reckless:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

being reckless:

Origin

From Middle English reklesnes, reklesnesse, rekelesnesse (also assibilated as rechelesnes,

From Middle English reklesnes, reklesnesse, rekelesnesse (also assibilated as rechelesnes, reccheleesnesse), from Old English rēcelēasnes (“recklessness, carelessness, negligence”), equivalent to reckless + -ness.

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