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recklessness

recklessness noun: the state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.

Noun

recklessness (usually uncountable, plural recklessnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.
    • His recklessness repeatedly put him in danger.
    • At such times, how we marvel at our usual recklessness, and pause, as it were, shrinking from the busy and inevitable current which is hurrying us on to eternity!1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 228

recklessness meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Arabic

recklessness in Tamil

பொறுப்பற்ற தன்மை, ஆராயாது செய்தல்

recklessness in Urdu

لاابالی پن

recklessness in Kannada

ಅಜಾಗರೂಕತೆ

recklessness in Arabic

being reckless
تَهَوُّر tahawwur
More languagesFewer languages
recklessness in Indonesian
kesembronoan
recklessness in Thai
ความบ้าระห่ำ

Forms of recklessness

pluralrecklessnesses
alternative formrechlessness
alternative formretchlessness

Origin of recklessness

From Middle English reklesnes, reklesnesse, rekelesnesse (also assibilated as rechelesnes, reccheleesnesse), from Old English rēcelēasnes (“recklessness, carelessness, negligence”), equivalent to reckless + -ness.

Questions about recklessness

What does recklessness mean?
Recklessness means the state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.
What is recklessness in Tamil?
Recklessness in Tamil is பொறுப்பற்ற தன்மை, ஆராயாது செய்தல். See Recklessness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is recklessness?
Recklessness is a noun.
What is the plural of recklessness?
The plural of recklessness is recklessnesses.

Words near recklessness in the dictionary

  1. reckless
  2. reckless endangerment
  3. recklesser
  4. recklessest
  5. recklessly
  6. recklessness
  7. recklessnesses
  8. reckling
  9. recklings
  10. Reckner
  11. Reckners

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: recklessness (page history and authors); recklessness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recklessness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recklessness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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