reckless

3 definitions • 5 examples

doing something dangerous and not worrying about the risks and the possible results:

He was found guilty of reckless driving.

showing a lack of care about risks or danger, and acting without thinking about the results of your actions:

These punks have a reckless disregard for the law.

He pleaded innocent to reckless driving charges.

taking risks and not caring about the possible dangers:

They made increasingly reckless investments.

reckless borrowing/lending/spending The government wants to crack down on decades of reckless lending by banks to unprofitable companies.