cavalier
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7.7
- adjective
- /ˌkævəˈlɪr/
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despectivo
- He was cavalier about the deadlines, often submitting work late and causing issues for the team.
I'm just saying I feel like they're very cavalier about how where we are medically.
- I'm just saying I feel like they're very cavalier about how where we are medically.
- Now in the face of tragedy, the phrase stuff happens seems a bit cavalier.
- Now what you don't want to do is create an environment where people feel that they can be negligent or cavalier because it's OK there won't be held to account.
- You may wonder then, why are they so cavalier and abusive in their relationships if they're so worried about abandonment?
- And resistance can come in so many forms, whether it's just, you know, the cavalier term of fear.
- And you know, I'm, it seems incredibly cavalier.
- And I, yeah, there probably are all sorts of things that were people were, you know, too cavalier about these things.
Examples
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We have quite a few younger people living in, in the the complex who seem rather cavalier about contagion and, and social distancing and things like that.
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Now what you don't want to do is create an environment where people feel that they can be negligent or cavalier because it's OK there won't be held to account.
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Some people fault him, I think because he he did have a rather cavalier attitude prior to the accident.
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And I, yeah, there probably are all sorts of things that were people were, you know, too cavalier about these things.
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What, what was the, the cavalier attitude of the scientists that are, are working with these these really deadly dangerous viruses.
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I'm just saying I feel like they're very cavalier about how where we are medically.
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Now the reason the Spartans could take such a cavalier attitude in the past was that they they were the only great power in the Greek world.
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You may wonder then, why are they so cavalier and abusive in their relationships if they're so worried about abandonment?
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Her cavalier dismissal of his concerns left him feeling unvalued and disrespected.
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The director's cavalier approach to safety regulations led to multiple accidents on set.
Synonyms
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1.0
A lack of attention that causes mistakes or harm
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8.1
Not caring about danger or the bad results of actions
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8.1
Using power in a rude way that ignores other people's views
Antonyms
Compounds
How Dismissive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cavalier as an adjective meaning 'not caring' or 'dismissive' came from the name for the Royalist horsemen, the Cavaliers, who people saw as proud and careless. So calling someone 'cavalier' today says they ignore real worries and do not take things seriously.