laisser-aller

American  

[le-sey-a-ley] / 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”

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

laisser-aller

You have never before had that laisser-aller of a writer which shows the hidden strength.'

From Women in the Life of Balzac by Juanita Helm Floyd

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

There was a delightfully free-and-easy, laisser-aller air about everybody and everything at Nome City, which would, perhaps, have jarred upon an ultra-respectable mind.

From From Paris to New York by Land by Harry De Windt

This in spite of the alleged tendency in what is commonly known as a relaxing climate toward laisser-aller.

From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

Rather it gives one the impression that old traditions are all but dead and that it is mere improvidence and laisser-aller that allows them to exist.

From The Automobilist Abroad by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield