as in nonchalant
having or showing freedom from worries or troubles
passengers on a luxury cruise ship enjoying a carefree vacation carefree college students on spring break
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Recent Examples of carefree
The all-new Urbanoid Booba is an impossibly cute, tiny acorn of a trailer designed to provide a stylish, carefree way of instantly escaping the urban grind.
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New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2025
There’s nothing like the carefree glamour of Italy’s beach clubs.
—Megan Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Brigitte Bardot, the enchanting French starlet with the marvelous pout who became a carefree icon of sexuality in the 1950s and ’60s after her liberated performance in the scandalous And God Created Woman, has died.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 28 Dec. 2025
Except from Hufanga, a man carefree enough to take offseason surfing trips with his former high school algebra teacher.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Dec. 2025
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Her nonchalant, soft-glam is so perfectly mesmerizing, my TikTok and social media feeds are flooded with tutorials trying to re-create her signature style.—
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One fictional and the other real, the drug lords look nonchalant.—
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Rose also likes pulling lighthearted pranks to make others laugh.—
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Turn around and make a lighthearted comment to the person behind you, maybe joking about the wait time, Simon-Thomas suggests.—
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Other reviewers appreciate the sweater’s relaxed silhouette that drapes nicely without looking baggy.—
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Cate Blanchett is the queen of a relaxed, textured bob.—
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That the administration appears unconcerned by this fact should alarm everyone else.—
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Asked whether the district missed having a more traditional lawmaker, the kind who might cut bipartisan deals and bring as much federal money as possible back home, Swafford was unconcerned.—
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Brigitte Bardot, the French actor, style icon, and animal activist who fixated the world with her insouciant, smoky-eyed sensuality, has died aged 91.—
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For many young women, the stiletto’s discomfort is part of the appeal, offering proof that effort and glamor remain in an age of casual sneakers.—
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Simple yet polished, the Anrabess Long Sleeve Midi Dress is perfect for a casual Thanksgiving feast or a fall day out on the town.—
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“Carefree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carefree. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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