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couldn't care less en · ADJ
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of couldn't-care-less.
Forms
couldn't care less en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic) To not care at all; to have no interest or concern; to be apathetic.
I used to be so careless / As if I couldn't care less
1987, Gary Clark, “Mary's Prayer”, performed by Danny Wilson:Less than 48 hours after Kirk was shot in broad daylight on the campus of Utah Valley University, Trump replied: “I tell you something that is going to get me in trouble, but I couldn’t care less.”
2025 September 12, Ed Pilkington, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump declines to call for unity after Charlie Kirk killing in stunning move”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
Synonyms
not give a tinker's cuss · not give a tinker's damn · could care less
Translations (27)
it infischiarsene (to lack interest) · fi vähät välittää (to lack interest) · sv strunta i (något) (to lack interest) · lad koza ke no me inche (to lack interest) · ga is cuma liom sa sioc (to lack interest) · it fregarsene (to lack interest) · gl tanto me dá (to lack interest) · de nicht um etwas / jemanden scheren (to lack interest) · pl mieć gdzieś (to lack interest) · fr n'en avoir rien à foutre (to lack interest) · de einen Dreck kümmern (to lack interest) · nl niet boeien (to lack interest) · es traer al fresco (to lack interest) · es traer al pairo (to lack interest) · it fottersene (to lack interest) · es traer sin cuidado (to lack interest) · gl tanto me ten (to lack interest) · fi ei voisi vähempää kiinnostaa (to lack interest) · it sbattersene (to lack interest) · it non me ne può fregar di meno (to lack interest) · es pasar olímpicamente (to lack interest) · nb blåse i (noe) (to lack interest) · sv skita i (något) (to lack interest) · hu nem törődik (to lack interest) · el δεν μου καίγεται καρφί (to lack interest) · is skeyta ekkert um (to lack interest) · de auf etwas pfeifen (to lack interest)