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least concern

American

[leest kuhn-surn] / ˈlist kənˈsɜrn /

adjective

Biology, Ecology.

(of a plant or animal species) assessed to be thriving, with a distribution or population status that is neither threatened nor near threatened, as categorized by the IUCN Red List: LC

Among the least concern birds on our favorite watches are the sandhill cranes and the pied-billed grebes.

Etymology

Origin of least concern

First recorded in 1995–2000

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The authors also considered threat levels -- for example "threatened," "endangered" or "least concern," -- for 163,000 species as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025

"In the 21st Century people shouldn't be worried about food. That should be the least concern," she added.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2024

The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies them as a species of least concern, meaning that they are not threatened or in need of conservation efforts.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2023

But a species being listed as "least concern" or "near threatened" doesn't mean its populations are stable.

From Reuters ● Dec. 23, 2022

“That is my least concern; I am, by a course of strange events, become the most miserable of mortals. Persecuted and tortured as I am and have been, can death be any evil to me?”

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

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