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insouciant

in·sou·ciant

UK/ɪnˈsuːsɪənt/ US/inˈsusiənt/ uncommon

adjective

1.

marked by blithe unconcern

  • “an ability to interest casual students”
  • “showed a casual disregard for cold weather”
  • “an utterly insouciant financial policy”
  • “an elegantly insouciant manner”
  • “drove his car with nonchalant abandon”
  • “was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner”
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Origin

From French insouciant, from in- (“not”, prefix) + souciant (“worrying”), 1828.

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