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any old way
adjective as in haphazard
Strongest matches
adjective as in incautious
Weak matches
- bold
- brash
- careless
- caught napping
- devil-may-care
- fast-and-loose
- foot-in-mouth
- hasty
- heedless
- hotheaded
- ill-advised
- ill-judged
- impetuous
- improvident
- imprudent
- impulsive
- inconsiderate
- indiscreet
- injudicious
- madcap
- neglectful
- negligent
- off guard
- pay no mind
- playing with fire
- precipitate
- rash
- reckless
- regardless
- sticking one's neck out
- thoughtless
- unalert
- unguarded
- unmindful
- unthinking
- unvigilant
- unwatchful
- wary
- wide open
adjective as in remiss
Weak matches
- any which way
- asleep at switch
- asleep on job
- behindhand
- culpable
- daydreaming
- defaultant
- delinquent
- derelict
- dilatory
- disregardful
- fainéant
- forgetful
- heedless
- inattentive
- indifferent
- indolent
- lackadaisical
- lax
- lazy
- neglectful
- negligent
- regardless
- slack
- slapdash
- slipshod
- sloppy
- slothful
- slow
- tardy
- uninterested
- unmindful
- woolgathering
Example Sentences
“It’s their music, but it’s not their nightclub, it’s not their record company. They have an understanding only of the music, not of the business, so they get treated any old way.”
The novel is eventful without being especially plot heavy, and in its early stages the show comes on less like a strict translation of Russo’s novel than the foundation of a workplace that might wander any old way and continue for years, whereas the book takes place over a week.
I'm not just some random model from Ohio now that they can treat any old way, so people are really, really nice to me.
“Chuck in the stores any old way!”
“If we’re not ready now, we should in fact wait a little longer. Our health is so important that it’s much more important to have it done the right way than any old way.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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