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couldn't have cared less

couldn't have cared less is the simple past of couldn't care less.

Meaning of couldn't care less

Verb

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.
    • I used to be so careless / As if I couldn't care less1987, Gary Clark, “Mary's Prayer”, performed by Danny Wilson
    Synonyms:
    could care less, not give a tinker's damn, not give a tinker's cuss

Questions about couldn't have cared less

What is couldn't have cared less the simple past of?
Couldn't have cared less is the simple past of couldn't care less.

Words near couldn't have cared less in the dictionary

  1. couldn't carry a tune in a bucket
  2. couldn't catch a cold
  3. couldn't even
  4. couldn't get enough
  5. couldn't happen to a nicer
  6. couldn't have cared less
  7. couldn't help
  8. couldn't help but
  9. couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery
  10. couldn't organise a chook raffle
  11. couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery

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