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reckless
What does reckless mean?
reckless (adjective): careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce reckless?
/ˈɹɛkləs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does reckless come from?
From Middle English rekles, reckeles, rekkeles, (also recheles), from Old English rēcelēas (“reckless, careless, negligent”), equivalent to reck + -less.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to reckless
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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untrue, not factual, factually incorrect
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fitting close, or too close, to the body
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careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
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having or caused by an irregular surface
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