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as in recklessness
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as in impulsiveness
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Recent Examples of rashness
And yet, Washington responded to Genet not with rashness and bravado but with restraint made public law.
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Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
9 Jan. 2026
His audacity and her rashness might surprise some.
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Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
At other times, the result can be both immediate and devastating, as seen in many traffic accidents caused by impatience, inattentiveness, or rashness.
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Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
9 Jan. 2026
His audacity and her rashness might surprise some.
—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
At other times, the result can be both immediate and devastating, as seen in many traffic accidents caused by impatience, inattentiveness, or rashness.
—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rashness
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Damajae McKenzie, 30, pleaded guilty in April to criminal recklessness.
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Sublime were always close to death and the threat of violence; their music was basically powered by the recklessness of their lifestyle.
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Yakkity’s impulsiveness and wisecracking jokes provide the laughs, while Keo’s rivalry with his father (and his crush on Lemony) ground the show with genuine emotional dynamics.
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That impulsiveness was on display last year when the president pushed the Texas state legislature to gerrymander its electoral maps before the midterms in the hope of maintaining Republican control of Congress.
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Once, administrators confronted him about the carelessness of his grading.
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That's not chance or carelessness.
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What few at the time foresaw was that the region could be delivered to China through Trump’s sheer impetuosity, or his inability to think before posting.
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Two centuries later, the Greek historian Polybius contrasted Roman discipline, order, and rationality with Celtic impetuosity, chaos, and passion on the battlefield.
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The heat, the sunlight, the wildness of the landscape immediately locked me into the Greek atmosphere of the book.
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Adams does not stop for meaning, his early minimalist style causing the words to flow over you whether in somber reflection or the wildness of wild nights that do, indeed, stop for death.
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His impulsivity, his immaturity, his lack of curiosity about anything going on around him.
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The behavioral symptoms—like self-harm, impulsivity, and extreme mood swings—tend to improve first, Masland says.
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The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.
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The Yuba City Police Department on Friday released a dash camera video of the end of the chase on social media, which began after an officer saw a car speeding in the area of Stabler Lane and Jamie Drive just west of Highway 99 shortly after midnight on Monday.
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A little bit of caution and a dash of effort is worth the gift of tasting a bite of summer in the depths of winter.
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“Rashness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rashness. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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