Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Reckless

Reckless , adjective

[Anglo-Saxon recceleás, rēceleás.]

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