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Recklessness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state or quality of being reckless or heedless; perverse or desperate rashness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the trait of giving little thought to danger

Word Usage

"The CBN had, also on August 14, sacked the chief executive officers of five banks and their executive directors, for what it described as recklessness and laxity in the management of the institutions."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

unthoughtfulness thoughtlessness

Cross Reference

reckless

Hyponym

brashness desperation adventurism

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

carelessness rashness desperation

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

audacity carelessness extravagance rashness levity