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couldn't care less

idiom
Meaning

To not care at all; to have no interest or concern; to be apathetic.


Examples
SIMPLE

I couldn't care less about what they think of me.

CONTEXTUAL

He asked if I wanted to watch the game, but I told him I couldn't care less about sports.

COMPLEX

She realized that after years of trying to please her critics, she truly couldn't care less about their approval anymore.

Anchors to
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  1. 01

    care a button

    To care (at all).

  2. 02

    care a jackstraw

    To care (at all).

  3. 03

    care a whit

    To care for something, to have interest or concern for something or someone.

  4. 04

    care package

    A package sent from home or from friends or family, containing favorite foods or comfort items.

  5. 05

    couldn't be more different

    Two entities that have virtually nothing in common.

  6. 06

    couldn't carry a note in a bucket

    Not musically talented, unable to sing.

  7. 07

    couldn't happen to a nicer

    Sarcastically asserts that those in question thoroughly deserve their fate.

  8. 08

    couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery

    Is unable even to organise a project that requires no planning; is incompetent; used to describe someone as greatly incompetent.

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