Phrase guide

couldn't care less

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Alternative spelling of couldn't-care-less.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: niet boeien — to lack interest
  • Finnish: ei voisi vähempää kiinnostaa — to lack interest
  • Finnish: vähät välittää — to lack interest
  • French: n'en avoir rien à foutre — to lack interest
  • Galician: tanto me ten — to lack interest
  • Galician: tanto me dá — to lack interest
  • German: auf etwas pfeifen — to lack interest
  • German: nicht um etwas / jemanden scheren — to lack interest
  • German: einen Dreck kümmern — to lack interest
  • Greek: δεν μου καίγεται καρφί (den mou kaígetai karfí) — to lack interest
  • Hungarian: nem törődik — to lack interest
  • Icelandic: skeyta ekkert um — to lack interest
  • Irish: is cuma liom sa sioc — to lack interest
  • Italian: fregarsene — to lack interest
  • Italian: non me ne può fregar di meno — to lack interest
  • Italian: fottersene — to lack interest
  • Italian: infischiarsene — to lack interest
  • Italian: sbattersene — to lack interest
  • Ladino: koza ke no me inche — to lack interest
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blåse i (noe) — to lack interest
  • Polish: mieć gdzieś — to lack interest
  • Spanish: traer sin cuidado — to lack interest
  • Spanish: traer al fresco — to lack interest
  • Spanish: traer al pairo — to lack interest
  • Spanish: pasar olímpicamente — to lack interest
  • Swedish: strunta i (något) — to lack interest
  • Swedish: skita i (något) — to lack interest