From Middle English rekles , reckeles , rekkeles , (also recheles ), from Old English rēcelēas ( “ reckless, careless, negligent ” ) , equivalent to reck + -less . Cognate with West Frisian roekeleas ( “ reckless ” ) , Dutch roekeloos ( “ reckless ” ) , German Low German ruuklos ( “ careless ” ) , German ruchlos ( “ careless, notorious ” ) .
reckless (comparative recklesser or more reckless , superlative recklessest or most reckless )
Careless or heedless ; headstrong or rash .
Indifferent or oblivious to danger or the consequences thereof.
2018 July 25, A. A. Dowd, “Fallout may be the Most Breathlessly Intense Mission: Impossible Adventure Yet”, in The A.V. Club [1] , archived from the original on 31 July 2018 :Escalation is the film’s nuclear energy source. It’s there, of course, in the downright lunatic stunts performed by [Tom] Cruise , again defying good sense and his own advancing years to top his previous feats of reckless self-endangerment.
careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
Arabic: مُتَهَوِّر ( mutahawwir )
Armenian: անխոհեմ (hy) ( anxohem ) , անշրջահայաց (hy) ( anšrǰahayacʻ )
Belarusian: неразва́жны ( njerazvážny ) , безразва́жны ( bjezrazvážny ) , бязглу́зды ( bjazhlúzdy ) , шалёны ( šaljóny ) , легкаду́мны ( ljehkadúmny )
Bulgarian: безразсъ́ден (bg) ( bezrazsǎ́den ) , необми́слен (bg) ( neobmíslen )
Catalan: imprudent
Cherokee: ᏄᏁᎸᎾ ( nunelvna )
Chinese:
Hokkien: 魯莽 / 鲁莽 ( ló͘-bóng )
Mandarin: 魯莽 / 鲁莽 (zh) ( lǔmǎng ) , 愣頭愣腦 / 愣头愣脑 (zh) ( lèngtóulèngnǎo ) , 毛頭毛腦 / 毛头毛脑 (zh) ( máotóumáonǎo )
Czech: bezohledný (cs) , bezstarostný , lehkomyslný (cs)
Danish: skødesløs , ubetænksom
Dutch: roekeloos (nl)
Esperanto: temerara
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: harkitsematon (fi) , holtiton (fi)
French: irresponsable (fr) , insouciant (fr)
Galician: imprudente (gl)
Georgian: წინდაუხედავი ( c̣indauxedavi ) , თავზეხელაღებული ( tavzexelaɣebuli ) , დაუდევარი ( daudevari ) , გაუფრთხილებელი ( gauprtxilebeli )
German: waghalsig (de) , unverantwortlich (de) , unbekümmert (de) , leichtsinnig (de) , leichtfertig (de)
Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌺𐍃 ( untilamalsks )
Greek: απερίσκεπτος (el) ( aperískeptos )
Ancient: ἰταμός ( itamós ) , προπετής ( propetḗs )
Hebrew: רַשְׁלָן m ( rashlán )
Hungarian: vakmerő (hu)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Ido: temerara (io)
Indonesian: sembrono (id)
Irish: ráscánta , meargánta , neamhchúramach
Italian: avventato (it)
Japanese: 無謀 (ja) ( むぼう, mubō ) , 無知 (ja) ( むち, muchi )
Khmer: (please verify ) មិនប្រយ័ត្នប្រយែង ( mɨn prɑyat prɑyɛɛŋ )
Korean: 무모하다 ( mumohada )
Latin: incautus
Latvian: neapdomīgs , pārsteidzīgs
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: безра́суден ( bezrásuden ) , нео́бмислен ( neóbmislen )
Maori: totoa , tōtōā
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: hensynsløs
Occitan: irresponsable , imprudent
Old Norse: órǿkinn , ósvífr
Ottoman Turkish: دلی ( deli )
Plautdietsch: onbekjemmat
Polish: lekkomyślny (pl) , nierozważny (pl)
Portuguese: imprudente (pt)
Romanian: nesăbuit (ro) , nechibzuit (ro) , imprudent (ro)
Russian: безрассу́дный (ru) ( bezrassúdnyj ) , опроме́тчивый (ru) ( oprométčivyj ) , бесшаба́шный (ru) ( besšabášnyj ) , безу́мный (ru) ( bezúmnyj )
Scottish Gaelic: coma
Slovak: bezohľadný , bezstarostný , ľahkomyseľný , ľahkovážny
Slovene: nepazljiv , lahkomiseln , nepremišljen
Spanish: imprudente (es) , temerario (es)
Swedish: obetänksam (sv)
Turkish: umursamaz (tr) , kayıtsız (tr) , ihtiyatsız (tr)
Ukrainian: безрозсу́дний (uk) ( bezrozsúdnyj ) , нерозсу́дливий ( nerozsúdlyvyj ) , нерозва́жний ( nerozvážnyj ) , необа́чний ( neobáčnyj ) , безглу́здий (uk) ( bezhlúzdyj ) , легкоду́мний ( lehkodúmnyj )
Vietnamese: bất cẩn
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: anystyriol (cy) , di-hid (cy) , rhyfygus (cy)
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
indifferent to danger or the consequences
Armenian: անհոգ (hy) ( anhog ) , անփույթ (hy) ( anpʻuytʻ ) , անպատասխանատու (hy) ( anpatasxanatu ) , թեթեւամիտ (hy) ( tʻetʻewamit )
Bulgarian: дързък (bg) ( dǎrzǎk ) , безразсъден (bg) ( bezrazsǎden )
Catalan: temerari (ca)
Czech: bezstarostný , lehkomyslný (cs)
Danish: letsindig
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: roekeloos (nl)
Finnish: huimapäinen , rämäpäinen (fi) , uhkarohkea (fi) , hurjapäinen , huima (fi) , yltiöpäinen
Franco-Provençal: tèmèrèro
French: téméraire (fr) , branque (fr)
Galician: arriscado (gl) , temerario , destemido
Georgian: თავზეხელაღებული ( tavzexelaɣebuli ) , დაუდევარი ( daudevari )
German: rücksichtslos (de) , waghalsig (de) , verwegen (de) , halsbrecherisch (de)
Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌺𐍃 ( untilamalsks )
Greek: απερίσκεπτος (el) ( aperískeptos )
Ancient: ῥιψοκίνδυνος ( rhipsokíndunos )
Ido: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: gegabah (id)
Italian: spericolato (it)
Khmer: (please verify ) ដែលមិនប្រយ័ត្ន ( dael mɨn prɑyat )
Korean: 무모(無謀)하다 ( mumohada )
Latin: incautus
Macedonian: безо́бѕирен ( bezóbdziren ) , безра́суден ( bezrásuden ) , леко́мислен ( lekómislen )
Maori: totoa , pokerenoa , nanakia , raukeke
Occitan: temerari (oc)
Persian: جسور (fa) ( jasur )
Polish: lekkomyślny (pl) , zawadiacki (pl)
Portuguese: temerário (pt)
Russian: беспе́чный (ru) ( bespéčnyj ) , легкомы́сленный (ru) ( lexkomýslennyj ) , безотве́тственный (ru) ( bezotvétstvennyj )
Scottish Gaelic: coma
Spanish: temerario (es) , desconsiderado (es) , imprudente (es)
Swedish: vårdslös (sv) , lättsinnig (sv)
Turkish: korkusuz (tr) , pervasız (tr)