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insouciant

[in-soo-see-uhnt, an-soo-syahn] / ɪnˈsu si ənt, ɛ̃ suˈsjɑ̃ /


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This column had a couple of great calls, to buy Treasurys at the start of the year and to fear tariffs when the market was insouciant about import taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 28, 2025

Irvine's outspoken, insouciant character fitted well with the team.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2025

Two years ago, a normally insouciant defense consultant with a high security clearance told me that a briefing he’d recently received on Russia and China’s anti-satellite, or ASAT, programs left him “shaken.”

From Slate Feb. 15, 2024

Last year it updated their looks, making the group more “inclusive” in the company’s term, slightly changing their garb and endowing them with insouciant grins and smirks.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 23, 2023

But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he becomes re­laxed again, insouciant, daring.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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