care·free

[kair-free]
adjective
1.
without anxiety or worry.
2.
requiring little care: carefree fabrics.

Origin:
1785–95; care + free

care·free·ness, noun


1. lighthearted, joyous, elated, cheerful, gleeful, blithe.
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carefree (ˈkɛəˌfriː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
without worry or responsibility
 
'carefreeness
 
n

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Carefree is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Word Origin & History

carefree
"free from cares," 1795, from care (n.) + free.
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Example sentences
IT is not a carefree, happy-go-lucky, all-expenses-paid luxurious romp.
They are extremely anxious when before they were carefree happy little tail
  waggers.
There was little of the carefree style that marked his younger days-if a
  twenty-three-year-old can have younger days.
The carefree spirit in his eyes is thoroughly crushed as he looks for his leg
  and can't find it.
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