as in disregard
lack of interest or concern
with their usual nonchalance they arrived at the wedding ceremony half an hour late
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Recent Examples of nonchalance
In Austen’s original, however, the point isn’t just to consider the heroine’s and hero’s attitudes toward dirt, from Elizabeth’s nonchalance to Darcy’s attraction.
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Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The cropped white tank top, hip-hugging slip skirt and open-toed sandal ooze nonchalance.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025
There is also a cool nonchalance to the gym short, especially when juxtaposed with a smart button-up or dressier shoe.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 July 2025
Despite feigning nonchalance during the interrogation, his own funny story betrays his true misery.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for nonchalance
Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The cropped white tank top, hip-hugging slip skirt and open-toed sandal ooze nonchalance.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025
There is also a cool nonchalance to the gym short, especially when juxtaposed with a smart button-up or dressier shoe.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 July 2025
Despite feigning nonchalance during the interrogation, his own funny story betrays his true misery.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for nonchalance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonchalance
Noun
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And this misapplication, whether through inappropriate comparisons and limited context, or a disregard for methodological boundaries, risks undermining both consumer and stakeholder trust in sustainability claims and data integrity—and misleading investments and interventions.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Oct. 2025
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In March 2024, Karen was arrested and charged with a DUI and DWI, negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Because the results came with an all-too-familiar indifference from her doctor.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Corigliano wrote his symphony in the late nineteen-eighties, to lament friends who had died of AIDS and to decry indifference to those deaths.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Nonchalance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonchalance. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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