recklessly
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of recklessly
Example Sentences
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We have also heard of patients binge eating, cross-dressing and recklessly investing - and others who pursued homosexual relationships for the first time.
From BBC
Judge Paul Farrar KC said that he acted recklessly by claiming the waste the company handled was being sent to a legal site near Sheffield.
From BBC
The former boss of collapsed construction giant Carillion has been fined by the UK's finance watchdog for acting "recklessly" and misleading others over the firm's precarious financial position.
From BBC
The film isn’t trying to absorb or recklessly mirror the traumas of the Black family so much as make a case for its nuance.
From Los Angeles Times
"For the purposes of this rule, abuse of balls is defined as... hitting a ball dangerously or recklessly within the court or hitting a ball with negligent disregard of the consequences," it says.
From BBC
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