adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cavalier (= very careless, especially about something serious or important )
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his cavalier attitude to the truth
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attitude
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A cavalier attitude to purdah was one thing; for a woman to be seen exposing her nether regions quite another.
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This cavalier attitude assumes that people know how much inflation to expect.
way
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Confidence in the decisions of the banks is not helped by the cavalier way in which credit is priced.
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This was entirely the wrong way to make policy and a cavalier way of dealing with a popular and effective service.
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Let's hope it receives a stiff fine for behaving in this cavalier way .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A cavalier unconcern about such consequences is too often the response of powerful mental health professionals who create categories of abnormality.
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Confidence in the decisions of the banks is not helped by the cavalier way in which credit is priced.
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During 1661, a new parliament had been called, which was distinctly cavalier in character.
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Increasingly, this right is treated with cavalier disregard by governments.
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Its cavalier treatment of human system factors produces alienation and stifles motivation.
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Newcomers such as the Green Party can not treat the electorate in such a cavalier fashion.
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The Clinton administration is less cavalier .