insouciant

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  1. adjective Marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant.

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  • Like humans in a Jacuzzi, the manatees bask in the foaming jets--insouciant that their survival is imperiled. —  Omni: October 1993
  • The dialogue is charming and insouciant, the imagery is gorgeous, and the combination is like inhabiting a dreamscape blending E.R. Eddison, Robert E. Howard, and Thorne Smith These volumes are also filled with generous ancillary material, including never-before-seen strips and insights into Windsor-Smith's creative process. —  Asimov's SF, September 2006
  • By framing the store as elite groceries for insouciant, slow-food 30-somethings, much of the community stays away ... and if this criticism seems unfounded to you, realize that I'm being honest and would not mislead. —  The Brooklyn Paper: Full articles
  • But while Femme's antic tone evolves into one of insouciant / resigned poignancy, the road picture —  In The Company Of Glenn
  • These three are Girondists, Marat can dirty his hands purging them if they grow too insouciant. —  The Minority Report -
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  1. French : in-, not (from Old French; see in-1) + souciant, present participle of soucier, to trouble (from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *sollicītāre, alteration of Latin sollicitāre, to vex; see solicit).

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  1. from French insouciant, careless, heedless, from in- privative + souciant, present participle of soucier, care, from souci, care.
 

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