Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
RECKLESS
foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless
(adjective) marked by 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 Mount Everest”
heedless, reckless
(adjective) characterized by careless unconcern; “the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes”- Edith Wharton; “reckless squandering of public funds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
reckless (comparative recklesser or more reckless, superlative recklessest or most reckless)
Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
Indifferent to danger or the consequences.
Antonyms
• reckful
Anagrams
• clerkess
Source: Wiktionary
Reck"less, a. Etym: [AS. recceleás, receleás.]
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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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