could/couldn't care less

could/couldn't care less
could/couldn't care less
informal
◇ If you could care less (US) or couldn't care less, you are not at all concerned about or interested in something.

I could care less what happens. [=I don't care what happens]

He says he couldn't care less if he gets fired.

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Main Entry:care
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could/couldn't care less — see care, 2
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Main Entry:less

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • couldn't care less — could not care any less, do not care at all    Brad is seeing Debbie. I know. And I couldn t care less …   English idioms

  • couldn't care less — {v. phr.}, {informal} To be indifferent; not care at all. * /The students couldn t care less about the band; they talk all through the concert./ Also heard increasingly as could care less (nonstandard in this form.) …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • couldn't care less — {v. phr.}, {informal} To be indifferent; not care at all. * /The students couldn t care less about the band; they talk all through the concert./ Also heard increasingly as could care less (nonstandard in this form.) …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • couldn't\ care\ less — v. phr. informal To be indifferent; not care at all. The students couldn t care less about the band; they talk all through the concert. Also heard increasingly as could care less (nonstandard in this form.) …   Словарь американских идиом

  • I couldn't care less — I (or he, she, etc.) couldn t (or informal also could) care less informal used to express complete indifference he couldn t care less about football …   Useful english dictionary

  • couldn't care less — verb To lack interest; to be apathetic. Syn: could care less, not give a tinkers damn, not give a tinkers cuss …   Wiktionary

  • I could(n’t) care less. — sent. I don’t care! (The affirmative version does not make sense, but is widely used, nonetheless.) □ So you’re late. I couldn’t care less. □ I could care less if you fell off a cliff …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • could care less — See couldn t care less …   English idioms

  • care less — phrasal not to care used positively and negatively with the same meaning < I could care less what happens > < I couldn t care less what happens > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • care less — phrasal : not to care used positively and negatively with the same meaning I could care less what happens I couldn t care less what happens …   Useful english dictionary

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