Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reckless \Reck"less\, a. [AS. reccele['a]s, r[=e]cele['a]s.]
   1. Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.
      --Chaucer.

   2. Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.

            It made the king as reckless as them diligent. --Sir
                                                  P. Sidney.

   Syn: Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent;
        indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive;
        remiss; rash. -- {Reck"less*ly}, adv. --
        {Reck"less*ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

reckless
     adj 1: marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for
            danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to
            seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest
            and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless
            driver"; "a rash attempt to climb the World Trade
            Center" [syn: {foolhardy}, {rash}]
     2: characterized by careless unconcerned; "the heedless
        generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used
        to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering
        of public funds" [syn: {heedless}]