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as in daring
having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions
the reckless skiers were making everyone nervous by schussing down the mountainside at lightning speed
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as in courageous
foolishly adventurous or bold
the calamitous accident was caused by a reckless driver who cut off the semitrailer
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Recent Examples of reckless
In addition to negligent homicide, Lacy was arrested on felony hit and run and reckless operation of a vehicle charges, police said.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
The first-degree reckless homicide charge Hall faces includes modifiers for use of a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
The public cannot stay silent in the face of such reckless and authoritarian conduct by the President of the United States.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
His swerving, passing cars, and reckless operation caused the series of crash events.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
The first-degree reckless homicide charge Hall faces includes modifiers for use of a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
The public cannot stay silent in the face of such reckless and authoritarian conduct by the President of the United States.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
His swerving, passing cars, and reckless operation caused the series of crash events.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reckless
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Scientists and veterinarians teamed up for a daring yet delicate operation to remove a plastic strap from around a sea lion’s neck.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Yet his film, even in its omissions, brims with strategic ingenuity and daring, cinematic and political—to fight other films’ empty fantasies with substantial ones, to battle other advocates’ pernicious myths with virtuous ones.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
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The obligation is now ours to keep her spirit alive by transforming our compassion into action, and our hope into habit so that the world can become a more courageous and kinder place.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Chicago Med is an emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city’s state-of-the-art trauma center and into the lives of the courageous doctors, nurses and staff who hold it all together.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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The first season followed 17-year-old Ethan (Cantona James) seeking a way out of the Southside’s bloody cycle of gang violence through spinning, a South African extreme motorsport that features drivers performing daredevil stunts.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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Soon enough, the hazardous conditions overwhelm the area and Kevin has to get creative with maps and his driving skills, plus embrace a daredevil spirit, for even a chance of making it out alive with his young charges.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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That is just a fraction of the workers harmed; that number is merely the number brave enough to speak up, risking all their future jobs.—
Arabelle Sicardi,
Allure,
9 Oct. 2025
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In mitigation, Tottenham have built a squad that does possess the players to link the midfield and attack, but with James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski both out injured for the coming months, there is a need for more midfield players to be braver when progressing the ball.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Any insinuation to the contrary is misleading and irresponsible.—
Jake Allen,
IndyStar,
1 Oct. 2025
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During the last drought, irresponsible water management killed nearly all baby salmon in the Sacramento River.—
Scott Artis,
Mercury News,
23 Sep. 2025
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For Johnson, Crunchyroll Manga adds an extra layer of discovery for adventurous readers.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Urchin, which releases in theaters this Friday, is as adventurous as his on screen work.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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Nigeria deserves solidarity in its fight against terror — not careless rhetoric that fuels misunderstanding.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Holmes and other legal professionals say there are common telltale signs of careless AI use, such as citations to nonexistent case law, filler language that was left in, and ChatGPT-style emoji or formatting that looks nothing like a typical legal document.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
8 Oct. 2025
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In Pynchon’s best works, his bleakness is brightened, in both senses—illuminated and made lighter—by the sweep of his vision and his affection for his fallible, foolhardy, well-meaning, wildly outmatched main characters.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Depending on your viewpoint, Google has made either a good trade-off decision or lost its potential in a foolhardy quest for AI.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Reckless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reckless. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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