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[ adjective ] marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences
Examples "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker" "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay "a reckless driver" Used in print (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)One who invites such trials of character is either foolhardy , overconfident or too simple and childlike in faith in mankind to see the danger . Related terms |
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