blasé

American  

[blah-zey, blah-zey, bla-zey] / blɑˈzeɪ, ˈblɑ zeɪ, blaˈzeɪ /

adjective

1. indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.

   Synonyms:

   world-weary, jaded, apathetic

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blasé British  

/ ˈblɑːzeɪ /

adjective

1. indifferent to something because of familiarity or surfeit

2. lacking enthusiasm; bored

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Etymology

Origin of blasé

1810–20; < French, past participle of blaser to cloy, sicken from surfeit, perhaps < Dutch blasen to blow; blast

Example Sentences

Yet the stock market has historically had a hard time quantifying the consequences of these types of risk, which helps explain the rather blasé reaction to unprecedented events.

From Barron's

Yet the stock market has historically had a hard time quantifying the consequences of these types of risk, which helps explain the rather blasé reaction to unprecedented events.

From Barron's

Speaking about his illness in 2014, Fletcher said he had initially been "very blase" about his diagnosis, which left him running to the toilet up to 30 times a day and "losing a lot of blood".

From BBC

"I've always said they were a bit blasé about all the chemicals they were really using."

From BBC

He was completely blase about it.

From BBC