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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Former President Donald Trump's supporters are ignoring his lack of patriotism and his disregard for the country's founding principles, according to comedian and former Daily Show host Jon Stewart.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Further showing his disregard for American concerns, Putin also began toying with the idea of invading neighboring Georgia, where both Chechen civilians and guerrilla forces had fled.Stephan Kieninger / Made by History, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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While devastated, Andriy also shows joy and nonchalance at being the last man alive.Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 23 Sep. 2024
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Up next in the third and final installment of our deeper dive, Snoop Dog and the power of nonchalance. Follow me on LinkedIn.Lilian Raji, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
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Their families alleged either excessive force or deliberate indifference to life-threatening medical conditions for people in pretrial detention.Sarah Metz, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
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None of the men were found guilty of the counts of deprivation of rights under color of the law for excessive force and for failure to intervene or deliberate indifference, but Haley was convicted of the lesser counts for each, which involved bodily injury.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Insouciance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insouciance. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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