reckless

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Even the reckless were appalled, and abandoned their evil courses.

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  1. adjective Heedless or careless.
  2. adjective Headstrong; rash.
  3. adjective Indifferent to or disregardful of consequences: a reckless driver.

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  • Hmmm, no one could have predicted that the gay Republicans were a tad overzealous - one might even say "reckless" - in their hasty endorsement of McCain and Palin yesterday (yes they did). —  AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
  • Courts will now require a plaintiff to demonstrate with clear and convincing evidence that the infringer acted in a manner that was objectively reckless, which is also subject to a good faith defense. —  Patent Baristas
  • Reckless homicide is defined as the reckless killing of another and is a Class D felony. —  theleafchronicle.com - Local News
  • He was utterly reckless, and very earnest--we might almost say desperately earnest. —  The Battle and the Breeze
  • True, they appear rough and reckless-- terrible, I might say; for most of them--with their long beards and hair, dust-begrimed faces, slouched hats, and odd habiliments, belted as they are with knife, pistol, powder-horn, and pouch--present such an aspect But you would wrong them to take them as they look. —  The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English reckeles, from Old English rēcelēas; see reg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also assibilated rechless, retchless, and misspelled wreckless, wretchless; from Middle English rekles, reckeles, rekkeles, assibilated recheles, reccheles, rechlesse, from Anglo-Saxon rēceleás, rēcceleás, careless, reckless, thoughtless, heedless, etc., =D. roekeloos, reckless, rash, =Middle Low German rokelōs, rocelos =Old High German ruahchalōs, Middle High German ruochelos, German ruchlos, careless, untroubled, wicked, notorious; from rōc or *rēce (not recorded) =Old High German ruoh, Middle High German ruoch, care (see reck, v.), + -leás =English -less.
 

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/ˈrɛklɛs/
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