adjective
- Cheerfully irresponsible.
- usage: "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth"
- synonyms: carefree, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy
- Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness."a cocktail party given by some... Raffish bachelors- Crary Moore
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