how to pronounce recklessness

/ˈɹɛkləsnəs/

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recklessness is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of recklessness in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… this recklessness resulted in needlessly …”

meanings of recklessness

noun:

The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.

recklessness frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word recklessness occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics recklessness can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that recklessness can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;