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Adjective: devil-may-care  'de-vul mey'kehr
  1. Cheerfully irresponsible
    "devil-may-care with his money"
    - carefree, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy
     
  2. Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
    "a cocktail party given by some...devil-may-care bachelors"
    - raffish, rakish

See also: irresponsible, unconventional

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