in the least

Idioms  

1. Also, in the slightest. At all, in the smallest degree. These terms are nearly always used in a negative context. For example, I don't care in the least what you do with the money, or It doesn't matter in the slightest whether or not you attend. [c. 1600] They may also be put as not in the least or not in the slightest, as in I am not in the least worried about the outcome, or The heat doesn't bother me in the slightest. In the least dates from about 1600; in the slightest has been used in the sense of “emphatically unimportant or trifling” since the late 1500s.

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in the least

Not in the least fanciful is “Lucky,” created by Jonathan Tropper from Marissa Stapley’s substantially different novel of the same name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

We live in the least risky age in history.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

In comparison, men and women in the least deprived areas spend over 80% of their lives in good health.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

“In the end, we are all the same,” he said, “and we remember it right there, in the least noble and most necessary place.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Peter, not in the least fazed by his father’s swift action, began thinking up ways to read the rest of this vastly interesting book.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank