Meaning & use

devil-may-care

adjective·Advanced

Showing a careless, reckless attitude, with little concern for danger, consequences, or others' opinions.

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He drove with a devil-may-care attitude that terrified everyone else in the car.

Her devil-may-care approach to spending left almost nothing in savings by year's end.

A note on using this word

Devil-may-care is a hyphenated compound adjective, always placed before the noun it describes, such as a devil-may-care attitude.

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