recklessness
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.
» 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
- the trait of giving little thought to danger
Examples
7 sentencesAs soon as she came in, his recklessness vanished.
Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.
Smoking is the most stupid thing anyone can do—absurd recklessness.
Because of my recklessness, I have been playing a losing game since childhood.
Recklessness namely characterizes the blossoming youth, and wisdom old age.
deLeichtfertigkeit kennzeichnet nämlich die blühende Jugend, Klugheit das Alter. — Vortarulo
Translations
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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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Forms
plural: recklessnessesSynonyms
2 synonyms- the trait of giving little thought to danger:foolhardinessrashness
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable