Associations to the word «Reckless»

Wiktionary

RECKLESS, adjective. Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
RECKLESS, adjective. Indifferent to danger or the consequences.
RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, noun. (law) The crime of engaging in conduct that creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury to another person, while disregarding foreseeable consequences to others from that conduct.

Dictionary definition

RECKLESS, adjective. Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest".
RECKLESS, adjective. Characterized by careless unconcern; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats