reckless

See also: Reckless

English

Alternative forms

• rechless, retchless (obsolete)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkləs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkləs

Adjective

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

1. Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
2. Indifferent or oblivious to danger or the consequences thereof.
   • 2018 July 25, A. A. Dowd, “Fallout may be the Most Breathlessly Intense Mission: Impossible Adventure Yet”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 July 2018:

     Escalation is the film’s nuclear energy source. It’s there, of course, in the downright lunatic stunts performed by [Tom] Cruise, again defying good sense and his own advancing years to top his previous feats of reckless self-endangerment.

Antonyms

• reckful

Derived terms

• reckless endangerment
• recklessly
• recklessness

 

Translations

careless or heedless; headstrong or rash

• Arabic: مُتَهَوِّر (mutahawwir)
• Armenian: անխոհեմ (hy) (anxohem), անշրջահայաց (hy) (anšrǰahayacʿ)
• Belarusian: неразва́жны (njerazvážny), безразва́жны (bjezrazvážny), бязглу́зды (bjazhlúzdy), шалёны (šaljóny), легкаду́мны (ljehkadúmny)
• Bulgarian: безразсъ́ден (bg) (bezrazsǎ́den), необми́слен (bg) (neobmíslen)
• Catalan: imprudent
• Cherokee: ᏄᏁᎸᎾ (nunelvna)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 魯莽／鲁莽 (ló͘-bóng)

  Mandarin: 魯莽／鲁莽 (zh) (lǔmǎng), 愣頭愣腦／愣头愣脑 (zh) (lèngtóulèngnǎo), 毛頭毛腦／毛头毛脑 (zh) (máotóumáonǎo)

• Czech: bezohledný (cs), bezstarostný, lehkomyslný
• Danish: skødesløs, ubetænksom
• Dutch: roekeloos (nl)
• Esperanto: temerara
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: harkitsematon (fi), holtiton (fi)
• French: irresponsable (fr), insouciant (fr)
• Galician: imprudente (gl)
• Georgian: წინდაუხედავი (c̣indauxedavi), თავზეხელაღებული (tavzexelaɣebuli), დაუდევარი (daudevari), გაუფრთხილებელი (gauprtxilebeli)
• German: waghalsig (de), unverantwortlich (de), unbekümmert (de), leichtsinnig (de), leichtfertig (de)
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌺𐍃 (untilamalsks)
• Greek: απερίσκεπτος (el) (aperískeptos)

  Ancient: ἰταμός (itamós), προπετής (propetḗs)

• Hebrew: רַשְׁלָן m (rashlán)
• Hungarian: vakmerő (hu)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: temerara (io)
• Indonesian: sembrono (id)
• Irish: ráscánta, meargánta, neamhchúramach
• Italian: avventato (it)
• Japanese: 無謀 (ja) (むぼう, mubō), 無知 (ja) (むち, muchi)
• Khmer: ^{(please verify)} មិនប្រយ័ត្នប្រយែង (mɨn prɑyat prɑyɛɛŋ)
• Korean: 무모하다 (mumohada)
• Latin: incautus
• Latvian: neapdomīgs, pārsteidzīgs
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: безра́суден (bezrásuden), нео́бмислен (neóbmislen)
• Maori: totoa
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: hensynsløs
• Occitan: irresponsable, imprudent
• Old Norse: órǿkinn, ósvífr
• Plautdietsch: onbekjemmat
• Polish: lekkomyślny (pl), nierozważny (pl)
• Portuguese: imprudente (pt)
• Romanian: nesăbuit (ro), nechibzuit (ro), imprudent (ro)
• Russian: безрассу́дный (ru) (bezrassúdnyj), опроме́тчивый (ru) (oprométčivyj), бесшаба́шный (ru) (besšabášnyj), безу́мный (ru) (bezúmnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: coma
• Slovak: bezohľadný, bezstarostný, ľahkomyseľný, ľahkovážny
• Slovene: nepazljiv, lahkomiseln, nepremišljen
• Spanish: imprudente (es), temerario (es)
• Swedish: obetänksam (sv)
• Turkish: umursamaz (tr), kayıtsız (tr), ihtiyatsız (tr)
• Ukrainian: безрозсу́дний (uk) (bezrozsúdnyj), нерозсу́дливий (nerozsúdlyvyj), нерозва́жний (nerozvážnyj), необа́чний (neobáčnyj), безглу́здий (uk) (bezhlúzdyj), легкоду́мний (lehkodúmnyj)
• Vietnamese: bất cẩn
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: anystyriol (cy), di-hid (cy), rhyfygus (cy)
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

indifferent to danger or the consequences

• Armenian: անհոգ (hy) (anhog), անփույթ (hy) (anpʿuytʿ), անպատասխանատու (hy) (anpatasxanatu), թեթեւամիտ (hy) (tʿetʿewamit)
• Bulgarian: дързък (bg) (dǎrzǎk), безразсъден (bg) (bezrazsǎden)
• Catalan: temerari (ca)
• Czech: bezstarostný, lehkomyslný
• Danish: letsindig
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: roekeloos (nl)
• Finnish: huimapäinen, rämäpäinen, uhkarohkea (fi), hurjapäinen, huima, yltiöpäinen
• Franco-Provençal: tèmèrèro
• French: téméraire (fr), branque (fr)
• Galician: arriscado (gl), temerario, destemido
• Georgian: თავზეხელაღებული (tavzexelaɣebuli), დაუდევარი (daudevari)
• German: rücksichtslos (de), waghalsig (de), verwegen (de), halsbrecherisch (de)
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌺𐍃 (untilamalsks)
• Greek: απερίσκεπτος (el) (aperískeptos)

  Ancient: ῥιψοκίνδυνος (rhipsokíndunos)

• Ido: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: gegabah (id)
• Italian: spericolato (it)
• Khmer: ^{(please verify)} ដែលមិនប្រយ័ត្ន (dael mɨn prɑyat)
• Latin: incautus
• Macedonian: безо́бѕирен (bezóbdziren), безра́суден (bezrásuden), леко́мислен (lekómislen)
• Maori: totoa, pokerenoa, nanakia, raukeke
• Occitan: temerari
• Polish: lekkomyślny (pl), zawadiacki (pl)
• Portuguese: temerário (pt)
• Russian: беспе́чный (ru) (bespéčnyj), легкомы́сленный (ru) (lexkomýslennyj), безотве́тственный (ru) (bezotvétstvennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: coma
• Spanish: temerario (es), desconsiderado (es), imprudente (es)
• Swedish: vårdslös (sv), lättsinnig (sv)
• Turkish: korkusuz (tr), pervasız (tr)

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