Idiom
care a whit
Meaning
To care for something, to have interest or concern for something or someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He does not care a whit about his messy desk.”
“She worked hard to finish the project, but her boss did not seem to care a whit about the extra effort.”
“The cynical politician claimed to support the new policy, yet it was clear to his critics that he did not care a whit for the public interest.”
Examples
simple
“He does not care a whit about his messy desk.”
contextual
“She worked hard to finish the project, but her boss did not seem to care a whit about the extra effort.”
complex
“The cynical politician claimed to support the new policy, yet it was clear to his critics that he did not care a whit for the public interest.”
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