a. | 1. | Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent. |
2. | Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless. |
Adj. | 1. | reckless - marked by unthinking boldness; with 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 the World Trade Center" |
2. | reckless - characterized by careless unconcerned; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds" Synonyms: heedless |