couldn't care less

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.

Example Sentences

The players themselves, however, really couldn’t care less.

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“It was a Sunday night and I had work in the morning, and they couldn’t care less,” said Joseph, 27, who lives in Houston.

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"I'll tell you something that's going to get me in trouble, but I couldn't care less," he said, when asked how the nation can be fixed.

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“I’ll tell you something that’s going to get me in trouble, but I couldn’t care less,” he replied.

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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.”

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