laisser-aller

American  

[le-say-a-lay] / lɛ seɪ aˈleɪ /

Or laissez-aller

noun

French.

1. unchecked freedom or ease; unrestraint; looseness.

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Etymology

Origin of laisser-aller

Literally, “to allow to go”

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Example Sentences

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laisser-aller

Its easy laisser-aller, its lax rule, and its indifference to regular forms were at an end.

From Olive A Novel by G. Bowers

This was often mortifying to me, but I think I liked it better on the whole than the laisser-aller indifference of Washington.

From North America — Volume 2 by Anthony Trollope

But who could have believed in such complete indifference, in the utter laisser-aller of such a life?

From A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac

That laisser-aller policy of his threatens to land us in serious difficulties.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet

With the "laisser-aller" of a tired man, he trusted to his luck, which had so far served him well.

From Maitre Cornelius by Honoré de Balzac

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