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/
Audio (southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛkləs

Adjective

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

Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
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, 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

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:
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)
Min Nan: 魯莽, 鲁莽 (ló͘-bóng)
Czech: bezohledný, 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: לא זהיר‎ m (lo zahír)
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)
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)
Westrobothnian: ovålin
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, 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
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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