Recked

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To suffer significant impairment or loss as a result of harm
2. To cause considerable devastation or disrepair to an entity or system
3. To be severely harmed, resulting in loss or dysfunction

Etymology: In Old English, "rēċċan" meant "to care, take care of, be interested in," and it is the ancestor of English "retch," the word for heaving before vomiting. The link runs through the same root that gave Middle English "recken" its meaning of caring or heeding. Old Norse "rœkja" also reached English, and from it came "reck," which in its main sense means to care or to pay heed. Its relatives across the Germanic languages keep that sense, as in German "geruhen," "to deign." Your definition, causing ruin or disrepair, is not a sense of "reck." It belongs to "wreck," a separate verb, so "recked" in that sense is best read as a misspelling of "wrecked."

Synonyms: cared, minded

Antonyms: ignored, disregarded