Definitions
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- adjective negligent, neglectful, careless, unmindful, inattentive, uncaring, insouciant, indifferent, casual, slapdash, lax, perfunctory, superficial, sluttish, untidy, slovenly, uncircumspect
- adjective Note that, according to Partridge, 'off-handed is unnecessary for off-hand; off-handedly is unnecessary for off-hand. These terms may be written as one word.'
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Examples
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“Whatever,” she said flippantly with an off-handed wave.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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“Whatever,” she said flippantly with an off-handed wave.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Therefore, an off-handed approach to social media is not going to reach the Latino market.
Daniel Cubias: Who Owns Hispanic Social Media? Daniel Cubias 2011
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The movie, on the other hand, is supposedly an off-handed, fictionalized romp through material that would have been even more impressive if it wasn't Hollywooded up.
The real-life "Men Who Stare at Goats" were even weirder - Boing Boing 2009
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“Whatever,” she said flippantly with an off-handed wave.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Most spammer/scammers use language and grammar that is so obviously bad that even the most off-handed person would catch it.
Julie Gray: Are You Too Smart for an Internet Scam? I Thought So Too. Julie Gray 2011
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In fact, I remember discussing it with another girl from the trip on the plane ride home after being verbally attacked by a different group member for some off-handed comment about how abortion takes the life of a person.
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Rather, the entire story of the missing insurance fraudster is seemingly a red herring, an excuse to tell a story about Bellamy and his compulsive work ethic, his off-handed destructiveness toward the people in his life and his seeming cluelessness about himself.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Inspector Bellamy Marshall Fine 2010
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Most spammer/scammers use language and grammar that is so obviously bad that even the most off-handed person would catch it.
Julie Gray: Are You Too Smart for an Internet Scam? I Thought So Too. Julie Gray 2011
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“Whatever,” she said flippantly with an off-handed wave.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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