as in disregard
lack of interest or concern
wandered into the meeting with complete insouciance to the fact that she was late
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Recent Examples of insouciance
Trusting her Loewe to contain the chaos, Ratajkowski takes It-girl insouciance to an entirely new level; loewe.com.
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Larissa Hoffman, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024
The insouciance of youth has always been a mesmerizing thing on the tennis court.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
To complete the look, the founder of Rare Beauty naturally chose to lacquer her lips in a fire-engine red, the true hallmark of Gallic insouciance.
—Georgia Day, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2024
India does both: Her haphazard approach to birth control never dims her determination to work as an actor, and her observations teeter-totter between insouciance and profundity.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
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Larissa Hoffman, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024
The insouciance of youth has always been a mesmerizing thing on the tennis court.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
To complete the look, the founder of Rare Beauty naturally chose to lacquer her lips in a fire-engine red, the true hallmark of Gallic insouciance.
—Georgia Day, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2024
India does both: Her haphazard approach to birth control never dims her determination to work as an actor, and her observations teeter-totter between insouciance and profundity.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insouciance
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Prosecutors have argued Penny, who is White, showed indifference and acted with disregard by holding Neely, who is Black, in the chokehold for an excessive amount of time.Celina Tebor, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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Soccer officials mostly displayed a glaring disregard for their suffering.Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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Kilifi is where Kenya's creatives and remote workers have begun to settle, and the town hums with bohemian nonchalance.Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Nov. 2024
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For too long, Guardiola has shown that historical records are there to be swatted away with the nonchalance of a man in the conversation for the greatest manager of all time.The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
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Online, conservatives and liberals alike have expressed reactions ranging from indifference to schadenfreude over Thompson's murder, citing their gripe with the U.S. healthcare system and the companies, like UnitedHealth, that have denied their medical claims in the past.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Rosa’s feelings of indifference turned to frustration and resentment.Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Insouciance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insouciance. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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