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Impulsive, reckless, or unlikely to succeed

Amusingly eccentric

Liable to kill oneself

(of a person) Disorganized and lacking in concentration

Not fitted with a bridle

Resistant to control or authority

An eccentric or reckless person

A reckless person who enjoys doing dangerous things

A person who amuses with jests and pranks

A bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman

A traveller or explorer

A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person

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Adjective

Impulsive, reckless, or unlikely to succeed

hell-for-leather

over-adventurous

jumping to conclusions

over-venturesome

ill-thought-out

spur-of-the-moment

bull-in-a-china-shop

playing with fire

not thought through

badly thought out

self-destructive

off the top of your head

as game as Ned Kelly

asleep at the wheel

sticking one's neck out

leading with one's chin

asleep on the job

jumping the gun

overventuresome

riding for a fall

full of yourself

heading for a fall

blithely unconcerned

good-for-nothing

disorganized^US

catch-as-catch-can

feather-brained

disorganised^UK

all over the place

spur of the moment

careless of one's duty

life-threatening

leaving self wide open

off the deep end

asleep at the switch

without a care in the world

self-gratifying

higgledy-piggledy

all over the map

not in the loop

untrammelled^UK

disregardful of

thrown-together

paying no heed to

taking no notice of

not paying attention

going off deep end

thrown together

all over the shop

carefree and untroubled

living the life of Riley

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“They flitted from one madcap scheme to another.”

Adjective

Amusingly eccentric

out in left field

individualistic

out of the ordinary

hysterically funny

off the beaten track

non compos mentis

uncharacteristic

state-of-the-art

ground-breaking

out of the common

forward-looking

breaking new ground

unrepresentative

untrammelled^UK

out of this world

few and far between

thin on the ground

not tightly wrapped

transformational

unrecognized^US

unrecognised^UK

very unconventional

incomprehensible

weird and wonderful

not just another

like nothing on earth

ahead of the times

world-shattering

beyond your ken

mistakenly trendy

head in the clouds

out of touch with reality

foreign-looking

breaking ground

nutty as a fruitcake

mad as a hatter

have bats in the belfry

foaming at the mouth

out of one's head

mad as a March hare

round the twist

not right in the head

sick in the head

not right upstairs

not quite right in the head

have kangaroos in the top paddock

away with the fairies

of unsound mind

mentally unbalanced

as daft as a brush

stark staring mad

not the full shilling

have a screw loose

stark raving mad

self-interested

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

without precedent

once-in-a-lifetime

in a class by itself

wrapped up in oneself

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“The result is a madcap and bittersweet tale that is funny and observant enough to allow one to overlook writing that occasionally suffers from stereotypical Spanish machismo.”

Adjective

Liable to kill oneself

disadvantageous

unfavourable^UK

counterproductive

environmentally unfriendly

life-threatening

evil-intentioned

earth-shattering

fire-and-brimstone

accidentally on purpose

ill-intentioned

mutually harmful

mutually destructive

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Adjective

(of a person) Disorganized and lacking in concentration

disorganised^UK

disorganized^US

feather-brained

not thinking clearly

with a mind like a sieve

lacking substance

inconsequential

lacking seriousness

lacking in sense

tongue-in-cheek

hell-for-leather

nickel-and-dime

of no consequence

one-dimensional

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Adjective

Not fitted with a bridle

untrammelled^UK

no holds barred

overextravagant

spreading like wildfire

lacking self-restraint

lacking self-control

attention-seeking

lacking control

without restrictions

no-holds-barred

knock-down-and-drag-out

hammer and tongs

uncircumscribed

exceeding bounds

with no holds barred

disproportionate

recrementitious

out of all proportion

beyond the pale

costing an arm and a leg

excessively high

without justification

out of proportion

pleasure-seeking

not in proportion to

out of proportion to

relatively too large for

relatively too small for

not the done thing

pleasure-loving

blown up out of all proportion

not quite the thing

highway robbery

daylight robbery

surplus to requirements

costing the earth

over one's head

self-gratifying

sensationalized^US

incommensurable

highly unlikely

beyond your means

out of the question

disproportionate to

sensationalised^UK

root-and-branch

sticking out a mile

standing out like a sore thumb

as plain as day

as plain as a pikestaff

staring someone in the face

standing out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

financial means conditional

willingly given

life-threatening

not appropriate for

not proportional

highly coloured

out of keeping with

over-embellished

excessively ornate

excessively ornamental

not appropriate to

not commensurate with

more than one can afford

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Adjective

Resistant to control or authority

ill-disciplined

insurrectionary

attention-seeking

undisciplinable

insurrectionist

unfavourable^UK

unaccommodating

obstinately disobedient

disadvantageous

full of mischief

stubborn as a mule

without law and order

impossible to cope with

as stubborn as a mule

wild and woolly

disorganised^UK

disorganized^US

with a will of one's own

determined to have one's own way

lacking self-control

causing trouble

socially impaired

confrontational

like a loose cannon

raising the roof

individualistic

difficult to handle

inextinguishable

off straight and narrow

not to be borne

beside yourself

like one possessed

higgledy-piggledy

in high spirits

ready for a fight

at sixes and sevens

every which way

utterly confused

untrammelled^UK

full of confusion

full of conflict

full of upheavals

spoiling for a fight

full of ups and downs

easily provoked

on a short fuse

exceeding bounds

spreading like wildfire

over-enthusiastic

have chip on shoulder

double-crossing

overenthusiastic

as merry as a grig

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Noun

An eccentric or reckless person

adrenalin junky

deranged person

psychiatric patient

square peg in a round hole

mental defective

eccentric person

one who has bats in the belfry

one who has a screw loose

unstable personality

disturbed person

antisocial personality

unbalanced person

non compos mentis

unorthodox person

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“Her friends have always known her as a madcap but her latest fund raising exploits have left them astounded.”

Noun

A reckless person who enjoys doing dangerous things

Noun

A person who amuses with jests and pranks

clownlike person

life of the party

barrel of laughs

practical joker

a million laughs

straight person

wearer of the motley

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Noun

A bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman

aggressive woman

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Noun

A traveller or explorer

Noun

A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person

flibbertigibbet

grasshopper mind

non compos mentis

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