cavalier
adjectiveShowing a careless or dismissive attitude toward an important matter.
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adjectiveCharacteristic of ordinary informal conversation.
cursory
adjectiveHasty and not attentive to detail.
flippant
adjectiveShowing an inappropriately casual or disrespectful attitude toward a serious matter.
nonchalance
nounAn appearance of relaxed ease or lack of concern.
nonchalant
adjectiveAppearing casually calm or unconcerned.
offhand
adjectiveCasual or informal in manner, sometimes to the point of seeming dismissive.
Casual or insufficiently considered
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perfunctory
adjectiveDone routinely with little care, interest, or attention.
philanderer
nounA man who repeatedly pursues casual sexual relationships, often unfaithfully.
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