Recklessly is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Recklessly meaning
- In a rash or reckless manner, without regard for cost or consequence
- With contempt for the rights, feelings, or well-being of others.
Using Recklessly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a rash or reckless manner, without regard for cost or consequence | With contempt for the rights, feelings, or well-being of others.
- In the example corpus, recklessly often appears in combinations such as: and recklessly, or recklessly, driving recklessly.
Context around Recklessly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Recklessly
- In this selection, "recklessly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, companies, robbery, sometimes, mislead, leaving and divided stand out and add context to how "recklessly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include anyone from recklessly leaving a and armed robbery recklessly causing serious. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "recklessly" sits close to words such as abhishek, athenian and batted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with recklessly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Did Rich more recklessly than the rest of us? (9 words)
And so on his watch, our country was so recklessly divided. (11 words)
Congressional Report Finds Meta and Tax Prep Companies “Recklessly” Shared Taxpayers’ Datathemarkup. (12 words)
It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application, the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for making a false statement is a Level 5 fine on the standard scale. (43 words)
Clark was sentenced on April 4 after pleading guilty to culpably and recklessly driving his car at excessive speed whilst under the influence of alcohol, causing the car to collide with a tree and causing severe injury to his two friends. (41 words)
According to AP, gun owners can be prosecuted under a Virginia law that prohibits anyone from recklessly leaving a loaded, unsecured gun in a manner that endangers the life or limb of children under 14. (35 words)
As a result did he ‘deliberately and recklessly” mislead the House; or was it perhaps inadvertent, and therefore blameless? (19 words)
Did Rich more recklessly than the rest of us? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
It is a crime to damage another's property intentionally or recklessly or commit violence intentionally or recklessly.
According to AP, gun owners can be prosecuted under a Virginia law that prohibits anyone from recklessly leaving a loaded, unsecured gun in a manner that endangers the life or limb of children under 14.
After driving it recklessly through the city centre, he dumped it in Borrowash, near Derby.
And so on his watch, our country was so recklessly divided.
A New Jersey woman has sued the operator of a Windsor business, alleging that she “negligently, carelessly, maliciously, intentionally, wantonly, willfully and recklessly disregarded the safety” of a horse.
As a result did he ‘deliberately and recklessly” mislead the House; or was it perhaps inadvertent, and therefore blameless?
At best if you actually forgot you had a loaded gun you're recklessly negligent.
But it said Voyager and other crypto lenders were complicit in Alameda’s conduct, "knowingly or recklessly" pushing their clients' assets toward Alameda.
Clark was sentenced on April 4 after pleading guilty to culpably and recklessly driving his car at excessive speed whilst under the influence of alcohol, causing the car to collide with a tree and causing severe injury to his two friends.
Congressional Report Finds Meta and Tax Prep Companies “Recklessly” Shared Taxpayers’ Datathemarkup.
Deja Taylor, 25, of Newport News, is facing one felony count of child neglect and one misdemeanor count of recklessly storing a firearm so a child could gain access to it.
Did Rich more recklessly than the rest of us?
Given Mr. Bok-Bok’s obvious potential for effective instant violence, we thought Deputy Simon had been recklessly bold.
Hamas and Gaza health officials deny militants operate in Shifa, and Palestinians and rights groups say Israel has recklessly endangered civilians as it seeks to eradicate Hamas.
He has been charged with armed robbery, recklessly causing serious injury, police said.
He said: ‘I believe that the evidence conclusively shows that I did not knowingly or recklessly mislead Parliament.
In all too many corners of the American Jewish community, extreme rhetoric and extreme positions have indeed been repeated—sometimes recklessly, but sometimes to express long- and deeply held positions.
It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application, the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for making a false statement is a Level 5 fine on the standard scale.
Johnson’s dossier insists it is “clear” from the committee’s investigation that there is “no evidence at all” that supports an allegation that he “intentionally or recklessly” misled the House.
Kay too had seen something in the young woman who had so recklessly stepped on to his boat and sailed away from her life.
Common combinations with recklessly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and recklessly 21×
- or recklessly 18×
- driving recklessly 17×
- recklessly endangering 14×
- recklessly and 9×
- recklessly causing 7×
- recklessly in 7×
- acted recklessly 7×
- recklessly to 6×
- of recklessly 5×