Meaning & use
devil-may-care
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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