couldn't care less

Idioms  

1. Also, could care less. Be completely indifferent. For example, Pick whatever dessert you want; I couldn't care less, or I could care less about the editor's opinion. This expression originated about 1940 in Britain and for a time invariably used couldn't. About 1960 could was occasionally substituted, and today both versions are used with approximately equal frequency, despite their being antonyms.

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couldn't care less

Americans couldn’t care less about hosting the World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

"We got there with no pro league in the country. Unbelievable. But everybody in America couldn't care less."

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

Pep Guardiola insists he "couldn't care less" about Arsenal's stumble letting Manchester City back into the Premier League title race.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

He added: “I don’t care about Black Sabbath, I never did. Have no interest in biting the heads of chickens or whatever they do. I couldn’t care less, you know.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025

Ares couldn’t care less about the camp, but if Clarisse made him look bad ...

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

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