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Which brings up another moral, also obvious but apparently necessary to articulate: There is real risk in such cavalierness.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2020

According to Liss-Riordan, Uber was trying to keep the emails under seal because it showed "the cavalierness that Uber managers used" when deciding to deactivate a driver.

From The Verge • Jan. 30, 2015

Well, the episode was ended—ended, moreover, with a good deal of cavalierness.

From The Firefly of France by Angellotti, Marion Polk

Mr. Hartley was infinitely exasperated at the cavalierness with which he had been treated.

From Damon and Delia A Tale by Godwin, William