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Recent Examples of recklessness
But now, having reined in his recklessness and compulsion to constantly create and force plays, the Patriots have developed an elite prospect into a promising pro passer.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
The recklessness of Netanyahu's government has smeared on Israel's face a stain that will be difficult to erase even with a generation's effort.
—Ehud Barak, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Courts have found that driving without a license, a misdemeanor that in Alabama carries a fine of $10 to $100, doesn’t constitute underlying recklessness for charges like manslaughter or murder.
—Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
Leslie Blake is suing Full Moon Productions, which owns The Beast Haunted House, for negligence and recklessness, according to the lawsuit.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
Running restaurants requires a mix of idealism, determination and recklessness all too familiar to those who work in Hollywood.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
For Washington, valor was never the same as recklessness.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
His take focused on highlighting the recklessness of European players bringing their families to Bethpage Black.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
He was booked on charges including resisting law enforcement, criminal recklessness, and possession of a machine gun.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2025
Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
The recklessness of Netanyahu's government has smeared on Israel's face a stain that will be difficult to erase even with a generation's effort.
—Ehud Barak, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Courts have found that driving without a license, a misdemeanor that in Alabama carries a fine of $10 to $100, doesn’t constitute underlying recklessness for charges like manslaughter or murder.
—Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
Leslie Blake is suing Full Moon Productions, which owns The Beast Haunted House, for negligence and recklessness, according to the lawsuit.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
Running restaurants requires a mix of idealism, determination and recklessness all too familiar to those who work in Hollywood.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
For Washington, valor was never the same as recklessness.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
His take focused on highlighting the recklessness of European players bringing their families to Bethpage Black.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
He was booked on charges including resisting law enforcement, criminal recklessness, and possession of a machine gun.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recklessness
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Irankunda’s goal was the result of Niko Sigur’s carelessness with the ball in Canada’s own half, and Luc de Fougerolles’ inability to clear the ball as well.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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That variation isn’t a byproduct of carelessness or confusion.—
Mark Hay,
Popular Science,
9 Oct. 2025
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His audacity and her rashness might surprise some.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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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
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The Niners match with their own brand of wildness.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Using pure well water, wild yeasts (some propagated from its own fruit trees and beehives), local and heirloom grains, hops, and fruits, and house sour cultures, the brewery creates, ages, blends and bottles unique, small-batch beers exhibiting the wildness of Oregon terroir.—
Ben Davidson Correspondent,
Oc Register,
24 Sep. 2025
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The immunity would not apply in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the dispatcher.—
Jessie Opoien,
jsonline.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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The catching of a culprit—more than three decades after the fact, without forensic evidence or eyewitnesses—was heralded as an overdue reparation for police negligence and as a civil-rights milestone for Australia’s gay community.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Ongoing irresponsibility by Congress, which used the fund to hide even larger deficits in the general Treasury accounts, has been the problem.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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His post sparked hundreds of comments debating whether this behavior reflected irresponsibility or a rational shift in spending priorities.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Recklessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recklessness. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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