in the least

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.

Example Sentences

We made great friends with our new neighbors, one of whom is an actor and not in the least bit flaky.

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So when Roz marched into the middle of the park, the pigeons there weren’t troubled in the least.

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

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American carries more debt than Delta or United, but it also has the newest fleet among the three and is probably in the least rush to replace aging jets.

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And then when I wrote it, I was like, I’ve never heard anything like this before — in the least big-headed way possible.

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