On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Recklessness. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as foolhardiness or rashness and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Recklessness in a sentence
Recklessness meaning
The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.
Synonyms of Recklessness
Using Recklessness
- The main meaning on this page is: The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.
- Useful related words include: foolhardiness, rashness, unthoughtfulness, thoughtlessness.
- In the example corpus, recklessness often appears in combinations such as: of recklessness, recklessness and, and recklessness.
Context around Recklessness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Recklessness
- In this selection, "recklessness" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, financial, continuous, wild, synonymous, send and alone stand out and add context to how "recklessness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a recklessness synonymous with and admissions of recklessness behind the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "recklessness" sits close to words such as achievers, acton and aether, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with recklessness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But the recklessness continues. (4 words)
A recklessness synonymous with weed addiction and narrow mindedness. (9 words)
However, recent actions by ECG suggest a pattern of recklessness in spending on activities unrelated to its core mandate. (19 words)
Road safety charity IAM RoadSmart says examples of such admissions of recklessness behind the wheel affirms the need for the Government to introduce a Graduated Driver Licencing (GDL) scheme to clampdown on new drivers for the first years on the road. (41 words)
However, she said that Mr Lehrmann’s explanation of four different reasons why he had gone to Parliament House was not “supportive evidence of either a knowledge of lack of consent or knowledge of recklessness”. (35 words)
The IDF, for its part, reacted to a Yemeni drone strike in Tel Aviv with an of the area showing its proximity to important civilian infrastructure and decrying its recklessness — apparently not sensing any irony. (35 words)
As a result, does his continuous recklessness send a not so-subtle reminder to all the Bidens — his father the “Big Guy” especially? (23 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although many of the historic pieces were recovered as part of a plea deal, some are feared lost forever in what prosecutors called an act of “remarkable criminal drive and recklessness” by the thieves.
A recklessness synonymous with weed addiction and narrow mindedness.
As a result, does his continuous recklessness send a not so-subtle reminder to all the Bidens — his father the “Big Guy” especially?
Despite how often Edward Elric wrecks his automail, Winry Rockbell is always willing to repair his broken arm and leg, though not without berating him for his recklessness.
He can only attribute such abhorrent behaviour to the amount of alcohol he had consumed which caused him to act impulsively and with recklessness.
However, recent actions by ECG suggest a pattern of recklessness in spending on activities unrelated to its core mandate.
However, she said that Mr Lehrmann’s explanation of four different reasons why he had gone to Parliament House was not “supportive evidence of either a knowledge of lack of consent or knowledge of recklessness”.
In stark monochrome, she captures the constantly shifting drama of domesticity in moments of intimacy and abandon, reverie and wild recklessness.
It’s gross insensitivity and financial recklessness to spend such huge amount of money when the nation is borrowing heavily to run its affairs.
Mr Fitzgerald said the circumstances in which the offence occurred as set out in various reports before the court were “consistent with a plea on the basis of recklessness rather than intent”.
She had an impressive transformation, growing in confidence and recklessness, and leading to her genuinely shocking death in season nine’s Face the Raven.
And just as the GFC was receding in the richest countries, whose elites wanted to chalk the crisis up to financial recklessness alone, he pierced their teleological optimism about capitalism.
During the visit, Vorster toasted the “ideals shared by Israel and South Africa”, emphasising their mutual struggles against “foreign-inspired instability and recklessness”.
In considering cases, it states that prosecutors should clearly identify “the overt act that gives rise to the offence” and evidence “from which the requisite intent or recklessness can be inferred”.
Recklessness would be knowing the actions could cause injury but doing them anyway, or that the actions were not accidental and resulted in death but not necessarily intended.
Road safety charity IAM RoadSmart says examples of such admissions of recklessness behind the wheel affirms the need for the Government to introduce a Graduated Driver Licencing (GDL) scheme to clampdown on new drivers for the first years on the road.
Some aggrieved doctors who spoke to our correspondent under the condition of anonymity accused Dr Baoku Olusola of alleged abuse of office, constitutional infractions, financial recklessness amongst others.
The IDF, for its part, reacted to a Yemeni drone strike in Tel Aviv with an of the area showing its proximity to important civilian infrastructure and decrying its recklessness — apparently not sensing any irony.
But the recklessness continues.
Despite the pleas, State Counsel Natasha Backer asked the Court to consider the life of the victim who was shot down due to the recklessness of the businessman.
Common combinations with recklessness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of recklessness 14×
- recklessness and 13×
- and recklessness 10×
- recklessness in 7×
- recklessness of 7×
- his recklessness 6×
- the recklessness 6×
- financial recklessness 5×
- or recklessness 4×
- criminal recklessness 3×