: free from care: such as
a
: having no worries or troubles
spent a carefree day at the lake
b
: irresponsible
is carefree with his money
Examples of carefree in a Sentence
She has a carefree attitude toward life.
They spent a carefree day at the lake.
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Travis Bean, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
This carefree track finds the cousins trading jokes and flexes over Jersey club drums and a warped Bon Iver sample.
—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
But as Milan embraces its new wave of glamour, a piece of its carefree past is being stamped out.
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Her mother, Linda Sue Anderson, was carefree and a bit wild.
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Travis Bean, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
This carefree track finds the cousins trading jokes and flexes over Jersey club drums and a warped Bon Iver sample.
—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
But as Milan embraces its new wave of glamour, a piece of its carefree past is being stamped out.
—Elena Clavarino, airmail.news, 18 Jan. 2025
Her mother, Linda Sue Anderson, was carefree and a bit wild.
—Mark Sundeen, Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Carefree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carefree. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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carefree
adjective
care·free
ˈke(ə)r-ˌfrē 
ˈka(ə)r-
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