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unreckoning

unreckoning adjective: unthinking; heedless.

Adjective

unreckoning (comparative more unreckoning, superlative most unreckoning)

  1. (archaic) Unthinking; heedless.
    • the unreckoning content of comfortable, every-day enjoyment in our maturer years1871, Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell, The Island Neighbors (page 5)
    • the unreckoning ardor of youth1899, Henry Scott Clark, The Legionaries, page 19

Forms of unreckoning

comparativemore unreckoning
superlativemost unreckoning

Origin of unreckoning

un- + reckoning

Questions about unreckoning

What does unreckoning mean?
Unreckoning means unthinking; heedless.
What part of speech is unreckoning?
Unreckoning is an adjective.

Words near unreckoning in the dictionary

  1. unrecited
  2. unrecked
  3. unrecking
  4. unreckonable
  5. unreckoned
  6. unreckoning
  7. unreclaimable
  8. unreclaimably
  9. unreclaimed
  10. unreclaimedness
  11. unreclaiming

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