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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Example Sentences

‘I couldn’t care less. I don’t care about money.’

From Salon

Woo couldn’t care less about my disapproval.

From Literature

Some in Chile see Jara through the Cold War lens, “but if you ask the average person in the street, they couldn’t care less.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Los Angeles Times

“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.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• abstract
• candid
• detached
• disinterested
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