never mind

1. Don't worry about something, don't trouble yourself, it doesn't matter. For example, Never mind what I said, it wasn't important , or Never mind, you can always take the driver's test again . This expression employs mind in the sense of “care about something,” a usage dating from the late 1700s.

2. Also, never you mind . Don't concern yourself with that, it's none of your business, as in Never you mind where I plan to buy the new TV . [Early 1800s]

Example Sentences

Never mind his unsyncopated dogs; the man’s eyebrows executed all the fancy movement he needed.

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"We haven't had a race, and we probably should at some point, but he's certainly up there with the quickest in the squad, never mind with the forwards."

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The news is filled with stories of people who will have to pay modestly more for their insurance, never mind that the feds would still pick up roughly 80% of the cost for a typical plan.

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This means they do not have the resources to weather a week without income, never mind the nearly five weeks the government shutdown has already lasted.

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It has become routine among rebooters of historical epics, never mind how fanciful the source, to get all serious about how they portray our past as developers of western civilization.

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