FOOLHARDINESS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

foolhardiness

noun

Definition of foolhardiness

as in recklessness

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Noun

According to the report, the physical evidence from the scene could show that Williams tried to speed up and squeeze past Perez’s car, creating reasonable doubt that the officer acted with criminal recklessness.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
The criminal recklessness and handgun felony charges were dismissed.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of recklessness

Noun

Her behavior shows a carelessness about money, the kind of real money that could send a person to college.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
But that drop in intensity quickly veered into carelessness, with the defence failing to assert its composure amid loose passes and hapless communication mix-ups.

— Chris McKenna, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of carelessness

Noun

In this wildness of abjection, trans poetics offered me a language upon which my future reflection could lean.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
And this column is eternally grateful for his help in getting us through another day of quadrupleheader weirdness and wildness.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of wildness

Noun

Protesters said that rampant graft led to negligence during renovation work at the Novi Sad station, and eventually to the canopy collapse.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Hwang had barred Rinderknecht’s attorney, Steve Haney, from raising allegations of negligence by the fire department.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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