"couldn't care less" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more couldn't care less [comparative], most couldn't care less [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} couldn't care less (comparative more couldn't care less, superlative most couldn't care less)
  1. Alternative spelling of couldn't-care-less Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: couldn't-care-less
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Verb [English]

Forms: couldn't have cared less [past]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb|simple past|couldn't have cared less}} couldn't care less (simple past couldn't have cared less)
  1. (idiomatic) to not care at all; to have no interest or concern; to be apathetic. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: could not care less, could care less [US], not give a tinker's damn, not give a tinker's cuss Translations (to lack interest): ei voisi vähempää kiinnostaa (Finnish), vähät välittää (Finnish), n’en avoir rien à foutre (French), tanto me ten (Galician), tanto me dá (Galician), auf etwas pfeifen (German), nicht um etwas / jemanden scheren (German), einen Dreck kümmern (German), δεν μου καίγεται καρφί (den mou kaígetai karfí) (Greek), fregarsene (Italian), non me ne può fregar di meno (Italian), fottersene (Italian), infischiarsene (Italian), sbattersene (Italian), koza ke no me inche (Ladino), blåse i (noe) (Norwegian Bokmål), mieć gdzieś (Polish), traer sin cuidado (Spanish), traer al fresco (Spanish), traer al pairo (Spanish), pasar olímpicamente [colloquial] (Spanish), strunta i (något) (Swedish), skita i (något) (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-couldn't_care_less-en-verb-NQ2895N4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English negative polarity items, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English negative polarity items: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 51 49

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "to lack interest",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lack interest",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lack interest",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lack interest",
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          "code": "lad",
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          "word": "koza ke no me inche"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to lack interest",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to lack interest",
          "word": "mieć gdzieś"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to lack interest",
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          "sense": "to lack interest",
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          "sense": "to lack interest",
          "word": "strunta i (något)"
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      "sense": "to lack interest",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to lack interest",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to lack interest",
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      "sense": "to lack interest",
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