Insouciant

//ɪnˈsuːsɪənt// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Casually unconcerned; carefree, indifferent, nonchalant.

    "an insouciant gesture"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by blithe unconcern wordnet

Synonyms

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adiaphroisticairyaloofapatheticapathisticalat ease

Example

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""I am quite serious in saying that your loss must and would be felt; but I verily believe," added she, after a moment's hesitation, "that you are so insouciant yourself, that you cannot believe that every body else is not equally indifferent.""

Etymology

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

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